My speaker approach was a pair of formerly "rear" speakers in a surround sound system - SONY in this case. Having stereo speakers provides (most of the time) the same effect as stereo headphones - when the sub-rx is on, DX from the left side and pileup from the right side - although it's easier to "work" through the pileup with phones.
My problem is not with the speaker/phone volume, but with the monitor (sidetone) volume. When it's set more-or-less normally for speaker use, it's much too loud for use with the "cans" on. My daily (and therefore also for DX) logging program is DXLabs. Commander provides a host of User Defined Controls - one of which I use to alter the monitor level - significantly lowering it before slapping on the headphones. Then, the second push, when I'm finished, restores MON to the old level. Art - N4PJ On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Thomas Horsten <tho...@horsten.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I like to alternate between operating with headset and speakers and find > the K3's built-in speaker inadequate (plus I want stereo). So I purchased a > pair of Audioengine A2 speakers (black, and with the corresponding desk > stands, wonderful little speakers I must say and they look GREAT next to > the K3 - judge for yourself: http://goo.gl/KErTo) > > Now the problem is that I have been running with AGC=LOW since it gives me > a comfortable range in the headset. The speakers have a volume control on > the back, so I thought I could adjust that to get a volume that was similar > in the headset. The problem is that with a low enough AF volume setting on > the K3 that the headset isn't blasting my ears out, and the speakers volume > set to give a similar level to that of the headphones (about 66% of their > max), the speakers give a very noticable very low frequency bassy "click" > once a second anytime the K3 is turned on. > > It's like "thump, thump, thump" at one second intervals. This is loud > enough to be noticeable when the speakers and the headphones are at about > the same level for the real audio. If I turn the speakers' gain down and > turn the K3's AF knob up, I get FB loud enough audio without hearing this > problem, but with a low enough volume in the headset for it to be > comfortable, I have to turn the speakers up where the "thump" gets > noticable to get rid of it again. > > I'm powering my K3 from a car battery that is in turn hooked up to a smart > charger. This has never caused me any problems in the past, but it would > seem that this artifact comes from the smart charger somehow, as soon as I > disconnect it the problem goes away and I can have the speaker volume all > the way up to max without hearing it. > > As I said I've never had any audio (or other) problems before from having > that battery charger connected. Any suggestions for what to try next would > be appreciated. > > 73, Thomas M0TRN > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
