I have had these Best Buy speaker since Dec 1, small and sound great. Am very pleased with them 73, Ty, K3 696
--- On Sat, 4/4/09, Jay Rodaman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jay Rodaman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 external speakers > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 2:45 PM > I have also had a similar need for external speakers. > The recommendation from an "unnamed source (heh heh) > " on the left coast > was the following > > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7314523&type=product&id=111884 > 3685964 > > they are not very expensive , to the delete of most of us > and seem to work quite well > > Jay > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken > Kopp > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 external speakers > > The following may well be obvious to most, but I know of > at least three K3 owners who've been "caught" > by plugging > mono plugs into the (stereo) speaker jack. > > There is a "gotcha" involved in the use of > external speakers > with the K3. It's addressed indirectly on page 20 of > the D2 > version of the manual in the 2nd paragraph under PHONES > when it reads "... if you use a stereo plug at the > external > speaker jack .... but is easily glossed over by the reader. > > Many / most monaural external speakers have a MONAURAL > plug on their cords. DON'T plug one of these > (monaural) plugs > into the speaker jack. It's configured for stereo and > the sleeve > of the mono plug will short the ring portion of the stereo > jack > and thereby short one channel of audio. I ... along with > several > others ... have experienced a failure of the audio > amplifier IC on > the front panel board due to one channel being shorted by > the > sleeve of a monaural plug. It seems to take many hours of > > operation under this condition to cause the IC to fail ... > over a > year in mine and another's case. The IC is -NOT- an > easy change! > > Just remember that one audio channel is on the tip and the > other > is on the ring of the plug and connect speakers in this > manner > using -only- a stereo plug. My particular "trap" > was forgetting that > using a stereo "Y" merely moved the > "trap" six inches away from > the jack. (;-) > > As others have pointed out, speakers from the two-radio > field are > good choices, and the CB isle at truck stops usually sell > nice > speakers. Mine are Barjan 320-701's. Radio Scrap > 21-549B's > are OK, too. > > 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP > [email protected] > http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
