Put an 8 ohm resistor in place of the speaker. Then across the 8 ohm speaker place a 600 ohm resistor in searies with a small 2" speaker. You can vary the series resistor from about 300-1200 ohms to adjust the volumn. The series resistor won't bother the 8 ohm speaker output too much.
Walt/K5YFW -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [digitalradio] A bit off-topic, but could use a bit of advice I'm feeding audio from my IC-746 (non-Pro) to the PC from the ACC-1 jack so I can have constant audio level. I feed audio from the external speaker jack to an external speaker (novel concept!). The problem I'm encountering is that I share the shack with the XYL, who is only a few feet from me in the evening. No matter how low I turn the audio down on the rig, the sound from the speaker is just a bit too loud. This 746 has a very sensitive AF gain control, so that the audio is either off or too loud. Is there a way I could put a rheostat or potentiometer in the audio line from the external speaker jack that would let me have more control over the audio from the speaker? And if so, what value should I look for to give a broad range of control so I can go from very soft to normal? Thanks in advance! Dave KB3MOW Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Yahoo! Groups Links
