[Elecraft] K2 audio output question

[Walter Underwood]

My KX3 only has a Phones output and that won’t drive speakers well, so I use an off-the-shelf headphone splitter and a cheap audio amp that runs off 12 V. The details are here.

https://observer.wunderwood.org/2017/03/04/speakers-for-my-elecraft-kx3/ <https://observer.wunderwood.org/2017/03/04/speakers-for-my-elecraft-kx3/>

It looks like that particular audio amp isn’t available now, but there are plenty of similar cheap ones on Amazon.

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Jan 3, 2021, at 10:26 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> Yes, you can do that by soldering a jumper across the switch at the rear of the headphone jack.
> If you prefer not to add the jumper, plug stereo computer speakers into the headphone jack and plug your headphones into the headphone jack on the speaker.
> Try different computer speakers, some mute the speakers when headphones are plugged in, others do not.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 1/3/2021 12:58 PM, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>> I've recently begun volunteering aboard the museum ship USS Slater, where
>> they have a K2 in Radio Central.  I've looked through the manual, but might
>> have overlooked this.
>> Is there a way to have both headphones and external speaker active at the
>> same time?  I'm thinking of being able to have audio for visitors while
>> still using headphones to copy.
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