[Elecraft] KX2 speaker/headphone question

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Thanks. I thought he was talking about the KX3. My bad for not paying
attention to the subject line! 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Glen
Torr
Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 7:00 PM
To: Ron D'Eau Claire
Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 speaker/headphone question

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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