[Elecraft] More speaker musings

[Chuck Chandler]

Well, I have been reading the posts about the rear speaker "sound when off"
issue and it keeps bringing me back to a different issue with my new K3S.

Despite setting CONFIG:SPKR+PH to --, I still have no sound from the
internal speaker.  The rear panel speaker jack is working fine... when
CONFIG:SPEAKERS is set to 2, then I get main in one channel and sub in the
other.  If I set it to 1, then both appear on the same speaker.  FWIW, I am
using a proper TRS mini plug to two RCA plugs, meant to drive two
speakers.  When I tested the mono output, I used a Y-adapter to re-combine
the two channels back into a single RCA to plug into a speaker.

But, I digress.

It's the darned internal speaker that isn't working.  Except, one time, it
did.  I was around back of the rig, unplugged the rear plug, and the sound
stopped coming through the external speakers and poured out of the internal
one.  Except for that one time, never again.

So, I have done the following several times...

I have set CONFIG:SPKR+PH to -- (and back to +, and back to --...)

I have unplugged and plugged back in the internal speaker connection.

I have emailed support @ elecraft.com a couple of times, but all they could
offer was CONFIG:SPKR+PH and the internal speaker connector.

They did give me a step by step guide to doing CONFIG:SPKR+PH and I
followed it precisely, down to saving the config file as a last step.  Even
did it twice...Still no luck, I'm afraid.

So, I use headphones about 90% of the time, and there is an external
speaker connected for when they are unplugged... is it a big deal?

Well, no.  More of an annoyance, really.  Five or six hours of assembly,
and every little glitch I found was a result of me not understanding how it
worked...except for this little nagging bug, it worked PERFECT once I
finished.  Amazing, to me!

However, when I keep reading posts about these speaker issues, I figured
re-posting this might help someone track down whatever is the root cause.
And, who knows, maybe that will help me, too.

73 de Chuck, WS1L

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Chuck Chandler
chandlerusm at gmail.com
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