The KX3 jack labeled "Phones" really is for headphones, it is spec'ed for 0.1W per channel. You will need an amplifier to drive speakers.
wunder K6WRU On Mar 27, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/27/2014 6:02 PM, Ross Primrose N4RP wrote: >> Just use a pair of small amplified computer speakers > > Be careful about that -- most amplified loudspeakers have RFI problems. > > Remember that the KX3 is specifically designed to be a backpacking rig, so > everything, including the audio amp, is designed to be stingy about using > battery power. > > One simple thing we can do to maximize the audio output level is to use RXEQ > to roll off the lower three bands. The sound in these lower bands makes no > contribution to communications, but it does use power, so when we get rid of > it, we can use the power for the sound that matters. > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] -- 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
