[Elecraft] KX3 with external speaker

[Mike Short]

Julie, that is what I do and works fine with my hearing aids.

Phil, can you turn down the amplification of your aids? I do that when
feedback occurs.

Mike
AI4NS

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 18:17 Julia Tuttle via Elecraft <
elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Have you tried deeper circumaural headphones? They leave more room for
> hearing aids, if you want to try using both at once.
>
> 73,
>
> Julie
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM Phil Hystad via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Jim (and, others who answered), I expected as much.
> >
> > Right now headphones are OK but a hassle with hearing aids that I need to
> > take off first.  The speaker from the KX3 is OK too but not the best
> audio
> > quality but then again, hams usually don’t care for audio quality that
> > much, as long as it is clear is my desire — then again, I am mostly CW
> > anyway.
> >
> > phil
> >
> > > On Feb 16, 2026, at 3:44 PM, Jim Brown via Elecraft <
> > elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2/16/2026 3:15 PM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:
> > >> Can someone give pointers on this?
> > >
> > > The K3, K3S, and K4 have separate audio power amplifiers for headphones
> > and speakers, each with their own individual output jacks. I haven't
> > studied the schematic, but I suspect that the KX3 has only the amplifiers
> > for headphones. Speakers require considerably more power.
> > >
> > > The headphone output could probably drive a powered speaker (that is,
> > one with its own built-in amplifier), but powered speakers are
> notoriously
> > bad for RFI, both generating noise and being susceptible to nearby
> > transmitters, so are unlikely to be a solution.
> > >
> > > 73, Jim K9YC
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