[Milsurplus] LS-3 Speaker

[john p hutchins]

I know you all will just kringe but I use a 110->6.3 1A volt filiment 
transformer in an old motorola 8 ohm speaker
box.  This was 30 years ago long before the days of the mighty 
Internet.  Still works great with my bc-348!
Later
Hutch

Mike Feher wrote:

>Joe -
>
>Sorry to hear the matching transformer was missing from the LS-3. You still
>made out great. As I recall, the output of the BC-342 and like receivers
>were high impedance, mostly intended to drive a set of headphones.
>Consequently, the speaker within the LS-3 was a low impedance speaker, more
>in line with today's and even 50 year old radios. A lot of fellows removed
>the transformer so they could use the set with more modern radios. One thing
>you could do, rather inexpensively, is to get a speaker from a computer and
>use the amplifier from it to drive the LS-3. This is the way you learn. Hope
>all is well with you and your family. Regards - Mike  
>
> 
>Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>89 Arnold Blvd.
>Howell, NJ, 07731
>732-886-5960
> 
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of carolew
>Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 7:29 PM
>Cc: milsurplus
>Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] LS-3 Speaker
>
>I bought an LS-3 speaker several weeks ago and just opened it up today. It
>turns out the
>matching transformer is missing. What kind of matching transformer do I need
>to use this with a
>BC-342 or BC-348? Is there any commonly available substitute?
>
>As a matter of curiosity, why did people remove these matching transformers?
>This is the 2nd
>LS-3 that I bought that turned out to be missing the matching transformer.
>
>As always, thank you.
>
>Joe Connor
>
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