Thanks for the tip! 73 de Chuck, WS1L
[email protected] On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:35 PM Geert Jan de Groot <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/01/2021 04:13, [email protected] wrote: > > Is there a way to have both headphones and external speaker active at the > > same time? I'm thinking of being able to have audio for visitors while > > still using headphones to copy. > > In addition to Don's response, you may want to look at this: > https://www.w8fgu.com/pics/k2faob/w3fpr_K2%20audio%20Fix.pdf > http://www.w3fpr.com/download_files/FP-CB%20mounting%20photos.pdf > > I have done this, using a piece of perfboard. > To avoid shorts, in my case the PCB is in a piece of heat shrink tube. > > If you want a kit, check out https://www.w8fgu.com/k2_fixedaudio.html > > Instead of perfboarding it, I should have bought a kit from Dave, but > sending a parcel by mail to PA0 would need me to mortgage my house, not > to mention a lot of patience (another PCB ordered recently was stuck for > *nine months* in Chicago). > > The advantage is that the 2nd output is fixed audio volume, so you can > adjust the speaker audio and the headset audio separately. > > In my case (connecting multiple headsets on the speaker output) this > approach has another advantage: I added audio sidetone to my K2 so that > the people using headphones can hear eachother speak, yet the > fixed-audio output doesn't have this, so there is no feedback from the > speaker. > > When you use a speaker, make sure you use one that works well for SSB > audio. For visitors, I would consider making some headsets available > instead. SSB-via-speaker is more difficult to decode, SSB-via-speaker > for people without SSB ears will just result in "there was a guy playing > radio noise" at the exhibition. > > 73, > > Geert Jan PE1HZG > > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
