[Elecraft] KX2 speaker/headphone question

[Walter Underwood]

Just use one channel of the amp.

According to the specs, the KX2 external phones jack produces 0.1W stereo (page 65 of the manual). The amp will probably fix your volume problem.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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> On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:08 PM, stan levandowski <sjl219 at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
> Nice speaker but unfortunately won't help me out here.  I need mono output for this speaker and it's only 2 inches and 8 ohms.  If I could get the volume from the headphone jack that I get from the KX2 speaker, I'd be quite satisfied.  Stan WB2LQF
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 08:55 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> 
>> I use this audio amp to drive speakers from my KX3. It is 15 W per channel stereo, runs off 12 V, and costs under $9.
>> 
>> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C4MT274/
>> wunder
>> K6WRU
>> Walter Underwood
>> CM87wj
>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>> 
>>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 5:47 PM, stan levandowski  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks.  I need some assistance.  Is the KX2's headset jack "padded" to protect hearing?
>>> 
>>> I'm asking because I built the "CW Resonant Speaker" in the current QST and it works great but the volume is so low that  it's unusable.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Do I have to take the speaker output directly off the KX2's speaker terminals to get more volume?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks and 73,
>>> Stan WB2LQF
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sorry for the bum post; fat fingers!!
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