[Elecraft] OT: Need Recommendations for Powered Speaker for KX3 (WU6R)

Nr4c nr4c at widomaker.com
Sat Dec 22 17:25:00 EST 2018


I use West Mountain Radio Comm zspeakers with my K3(S) and should work fine with KX3. 

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...nr4c. bill


> On Dec 22, 2018, at 5:19 PM, Michael Blake via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> My Bose Color Soundlink speaker works really well with my KX3.  No distortion, no RF even when driving the KPA500 with the KX3.
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> Michael Blake
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>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
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>> Sounds like RF getting into the audio amps of the speakers.  May require ferrite beads with a couple of turns thorough the beads on the audio and power cables. 
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>> Bob, K4TAX
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>>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Mark Wheeler via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
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>>> While the K3S is in the shop, I setup the KX3 as my temporary base station, but the internal speaker leaves a lot to be desired at higher volume. I connected a cheap set of powered pc speakers to the KX3 but I hear distortion through the powered speakers when transmitting with the KX3 and KPA-100 connected to a KPA-500. Has anyone found a high quality powered speaker to connect to the KX3 that doesn’t distort when transmitting? 
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>>> Thanks,
>>> Mark/WU6R 
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