[Elecraft] KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

[Jim Brown]

On 9/8/2017 3:00 PM, Christopher Hoover wrote:
> I find the KX2 audio level to be borderline in most field situations.

It depends a lot on what sort of "field" you happen to be in. On a quiet 
mountaintop or spot in the woods, it's plenty good enough unless you 
happen to have much hearing loss. If the "field" is noisy (N6WM's 
example of surf on the beach is a good one) or if you're in a moving 
vehicle or parked along a busy road, it's probably not nearly loud enough.

The KX2 and KX3 are designed for backpacking, so minimizing current 
drain is an important design objective. You'll appreciate this when 
studying that spec in the manual -- only about 150 mA on RX!  That means 
that you can run the radio a LOT longer on batteries, which reduces the 
weight you have to drag up the trail!

73, Jim K9YC