Hello again! I have a requirement that my rigs have relatively high audio output wo/ distortion from the headphone jack. I have a moderate hearing loss, about 45 db down especially in the speech region. The audiologists calls that MODERATE. 60 db down is considered more serious. Wow! Even the FCC wants tx spurs down 40 db or so.
I have been using a FlexRadio SDR-1000 rig mostly because of the great DSP. One of the advantages is the external Firewire sound card which is able to boost audio into the headphones. I even found a cheap set of KOSS UR29 headphones have more output than my Heil's. The headphone output on the PRO II causes the headphone audio to distort before its loud enough for me. But the simplicity of CW seems wasted on a lot of hardware hanging off a PC. I am a new CW op. Started last fall getting my code speed up after 31 years as a ham and 29 years on HF. Do about 15 wpm on a good day. A friend of mine thinks the K2 is a good rig for copying weak CW popping through the QRN. The SDR is the best I've found so far. It certainly puts my PRO II to shame on rx. I think the best thing about a kit like the K2 is that adding a small audio stage internally before the headphone jack doesn't ruin the rig. But I would hope that won't be necessary. Also I don't wear my hearing aids with headphones because of feeback. I went with behind the ear hearing aids. Maybe a heaphones with larger deeper cups would help. I welcome comments from those who are familiar with the headphone output level on the K2. I don't want to drag around some external mixer to listen to CW, hi hi. 73, Steve N6VL FISTS #12707 SKCC #2383 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
