[Elecraft] OT Slightly K3s and Studio Mixer

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Fri Jul 3 11:05:01 EDT 2020


Rich,

Don't worry about any mismatch and all will be fine.
The audio world has not matched impedances since the old days of tubes.
Typically a low impedance source is used to drive a high impedance op 
amp input.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/3/2020 9:07 AM, Rich wrote:
> I am interested in using a studio mixer so I can use a single mic with 
> two K3s.
> 
> The mixer output impedance is 150ohms and the K3 mic input is looking 
> for 600ohms.
> 
> I have seen several articles using studio mixers with two radios but 
> none mention using an audio transformer to correct the miss match.
> 
> Should I not be concerned about the difference in impedance?
> 
> Do anyone have a recommendation on a device to match the the impedances?


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