I bought the West Mountain COMspkr for my wife's computer to eliminate RFI when I ran HF. They are advertised as RFI-proof and worked for us. I have not tried it as a radio speaker.
If you can find an old ham receiver speaker from the 1950's they have a wonderful "sound" that is hard to match with cheap RS speakers. I am using a ten-inch diameter National Radio speaker which was given me by the father of KL7R-sk. I worked with his son in 1982 and he thought that his son would want me to get some of his old stuff. The National speaker in enclosed in a 12x11x7 inch metal cabinet so a bit large for modern equipment. 73, Ed - KL7UW ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:54:23 -0700 From: Tim Tucker <ae...@worldwidedx.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Seeking external speaker recommendations To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: <aanlktikgkypuuhddsnb5krn3sq5tsgw7j-26ewwqm...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I used the SP-20 on my K3 for a while, mainly on SSB. I didn't like it. I could never get enough volume out of the speaker without distortion from the K3 to suit me. Incidentally, I also used it on a 746 Pro and never experienced this problem. I know everyone is going to say get an unpowered speaker, but I purchased the West Mountain Radio COMspkr for $40 and they work very well and sound really good to me (use your 8 band RX EQ to tailor the audio) and I've never experienced RFI problems, even at Kilowatt Plus power levels. The volume level issue that bugged me with the SP-20 is also a non-issue, of course. Powered speakers may not be for everyone, but 40 bucks isn't a lot to spend after you've plopped down over $3K for a rig, especially you don't want to hassle with finding the speaker that gives you the volume level that you're looking for. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-800w, 432-100w, 1296-QRT*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@hotmail.com ====================================== *temp ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html