[Elecraft] KX2 speaker/headphone question

[stan levandowski]

I didn't know it made that much difference, Don.  My headset is a much 
higher impedance and I have plenty of audio with it.  Must be something 
I don't understand here.  Too late to change the speaker; it's all glued 
in.  I'll take the amp route.


On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 09:35 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Stan,
>
> One of your big problems is that the speaker specified in that project 
> is 8 ohms - if you can find a 4 ohm speaker, you will almost quadruple 
> the available audio.
>
> The other solution is to use an amplifier.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>
> On 2/6/2017 8:47 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.
>