[Elecraft] K3s Line Out (stereo)

[Don Wilhelm]

Last Field Day, my K3 was used at the CW station.  Two sets of 
headphones.  One for the operator and one for the logger.
One was plugged into the rear panel Phones jack and the other was 
plugged into the front panel jack.  No problem, no splitter.
Ok, if there were folks nearby who wanted to listen in, we would simply 
turn on SPKR+PHONES in the menu, and the speaker could also be heard.

Very versatile.  Why make it complicated - the K3 gives us the tools to 
do it 'the easy way'.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/15/2019 11:23 PM, K9MA wrote:
> I found that the level at headphone output, at least the rear panel one, 
> was too low to drive two pairs of headphones in parallel in my setup, 
> which includes some isolation transformers. The speaker output works 
> fine with the headphones. (Don't try this with super sensitive low 
> impedance headphones.) I just wired a switch to an external speaker.
> 
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
> 
> On 1/15/2019 20:51, Nr4c wrote:
>> Why use Line Out for speakers. There is a perfectly good jack marked 
>> Speakers right next to the Phones jack. Be sure and use a Stereo plug 
>> but it is for ........wait for it.  Speakers!
> 
>