High frequencies propagate in a straight line from a speaker, so a speaker facing upward loses 'presence'. Also the K3 speaker is a small speaker in a small box. An external speaker, facing the operator, will help a great deal.
Vic 4X6GP > On 16 Sep 2016, at 14:04, Alan. G4GNX <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I wonder if I can get some feedback about K3 audio from the built in speaker. > Please note that this is not a K3 bashing session, my comments are made as an > enquiry based on observed facts. > > We have a K3 at the local Ham Radio club and we often get complaints that the > audio from the internal speaker is not very good quality, even when signals > are 5/9 and virtually no RF noise. > I suspect that part of the reason is that the K3 is setup to someone’s > personal preference, or not really setup at all! > We made a comparison last week against a new Icom IC7300 which also had an > external speaker and the IC7300 ‘won’ hands down. At first I made an excuse > that it was the external speaker, but we unplugged it and the IC7300 was > still superior. > > I have never really had an issue with audio on my personal K3, but then I’m > into clear communication and over the years I’ve trained my ears to listen in > the noise and pick out voices, whilst ignoring the mush, much the same as in > a crowded room when attempting a conversation with one or two individuals. > > I do know what good hi-fi sound is but do not necessarily look for that in a > communications device, so are some members being over-pedantic? > > Another Radio Ham reported that he had by accident parked his new K3S under a > shelf which ‘threw’ the sound forward and he found that it was greatly > enhanced. I wonder if fitting some sort of hood, in keeping with the K3’s > style, would be worth trying, or maybe replacing the internal speaker with a > better device. I don’t really want to start campaigning to purchase an > external speaker for the K3 because it’s another ‘lump’ that needs to be > carted around to club meetings and events. > > Thoughts? > > 73, > > Alan. G4GNX > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
