I have a single Realistic Optimus 7 that I've been using with my Lowe HF-150 for years. They stopped making those, but you can find them fairly cheap on eBay.
wunder K6WRU On Apr 22, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > I was fortunate to find a pair of Radio Shack Optimus speakers (5 inch black > cube) at a 2nd hand store for $5. They work great with my K3. You may be > able to find something similar if you shop around a bit. These are > non-amplified speakers and work quite well, no worries about RF feedback or > other problems that sometimes occur with amplified varieties, and the K3 has > more than adequate audio to drive these high efficiency speakers. > > Since the K3 tailors the audio response, there is not really a need for > "communications" speakers - the RX EQ will shape the audio to your desires, > so "full range" speakers will work great with the K3. For those who do > SWLing, the full range speakers may be better for those users than > communications speakers. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/22/2013 7:36 PM, Pete Lascell wrote: >> I too have used the 2-way radio speakers for more than 30 years and >> originally did with my K3. But after going thru the junk stach again a >> discovered I had a pair of amplified speakers (not cheap) used with Radio >> Dispatch Consoles as SELECT and UN-SELECT audio channels. They contain ~ 6 >> watt audio amp and a substancial speaker, power by 12 volts. So I now have >> plenty of audio and with the speakers spaced about 6 feet apart there is >> noticable separation, and the AFX function is great when desired. >> >> With the extra amplification and volume controls I can set the K3 volume >> control for hot earphone level, yet turn down the external speaker levels. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 -- Walter Underwood [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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
