[Elecraft] KX2 speaker/headphone question

[Glen Torr]

Hi Ron,

Stan was asking about the KX2 which to my knowledge has no 2M/4/M module
available. Wish it did :-).

None the less a spectacular rig.

Cheers,

Glen VK1FB

On Wednesday, February 8, 2017, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> To answer your question, there are 10 ohm resistors in the phones line -
> one in each channel. So you are losing more than half the audio power in
> the resistors. (On the plus side, you'll still have an audio output working
> even if you accidentally short the audio to ground!)
>
> If you are not using the 2M/4M module for VHF you might be able to install
> a miniature jack for an external speaker. If you do not use the internal
> speaker at all, you might just unplug it and connect direct to the speaker
> connector near the internal speaker.
>
> Acoustical filters like that work very well. That one looks quite short.
> I'm used to seeing a smaller diameter and longer pipe. I had one that was
> driven by a single headphone and produced plenty of volume for a room with
> my old rx, but that was back in vacuum tube days when receives typically
> pumped out a watt or more of audio.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <javascript:;>]
> On Behalf Of stan levandowski
> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2017 6:09 PM
> To: Walter Underwood
> Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net <javascript:;>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 speaker/headphone question
>
> 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
>
>
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