[Elecraft] Unhappy With Your KX3?

[Thomas Horsten]

Hi Olli,

Agree that it is marketed as a multi-purpose rig and it does it damned well
too. With external powered speakers I would expect it to be excellent and
that's my experience with it too. If it doesn't play well with the external
speakers how can it play well with headphones.

With just the internal speaker, sorry but did you actually look at the size
of that thing, considering its size it actually performs really well, but
not to hook up external speakers when used as a base station rig is IMHO
just foolish, the internal speaker is fine for operating outside on the
terrace table or out in the woods (in relatively quiet surroundings), but
if you have it in your shack then what's the big problem hooking up
external speakers and getting *excellent* audio with stereo FX and dual
watch.

The K3 has a much bigger speaker (surprise surprise) but even that misses
the stereo (essential with the sub receiver) and it's got *nothing* on my
AudioEngine A2 speakers, which I use for both my K3 and KX3 in the shack.

In general I find it nicer to operate with speakers than with headset but
for portable operations a headset is sometimes the most practical, and also
at home if there are other people in the house doing noisy things or not
appreciating the sounds from the rig.

73, Thomas M0TRN

On 4 August 2012 11:59, Oliver Dröse <droese at necg.de> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> well, I would not agree on that points with you. Elecraft is marketing the
> KX3 as a backpack AND desktop radio (with not available KXPA100 and
> KXAT100). They also lay some emphazise on it being perfectly for newcomers,
> etc. So I expect it to work with the internal speaker in shack situations,
> too, not only with headphones. As I would expect from any other radio, too.
> But the KX3 does the job okay in the (quiet) shack, as long as you don't
> expect it to provide sound & loudness like a stereo system. ;-)
>
> 73, Olli - DH8BQA
>