Andrew, That is true for the standard speaker, but with the KBT1, the speaker is changed to a smaller one that has no mounting screws, it just sits with its magnet settled into the hole in the battery bracket - it needs to have a foam washer around its magnet to kee3p it from creating "rattlie" noises.
73, Don W3FPR On 4/20/2012 9:16 PM, Andrew Moore wrote: > If I remember correctly, the speaker is also very sensitive to distortion > of its metal frame (and therefore cone) if you tighten down the nuts too > much. You may have already tried this but try backing them off and > readjusting them so they're "finger tight" and no more. If things rattle, > tighten down a little more. Worth a try anyway. > > --Andrew, NV1B > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:02 PM, af6ni<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just purchased this K1 used. I have had others in the past, but this is >> the >> first with the battery option. It seems as though the audio from the >> speaker >> is no where near what I remember on other k1's. Is this common with the >> speaker on the case for the battery option? >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

