[Elecraft] K3 weak rx audio when AFX is NOT active?

2014-07-17 Thread Sam Morgan
I just added a different set of stereo amplified speakers to my K3 #4123. Yesterday all was ok, if I switched from AFX active to OFF, my volume levels remained the same, just the sound changed. Today I was listening with the AFX BIN active (my normal setting) and then I switched the AFX OFF,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 weak rx audio when AFX is NOT active?

2014-07-17 Thread Don Wilhelm
Sam, Try re-positioning your speakers a bit. I suspect what you may be hearing is acoustical cancellation of the output from the speakers. You may not hear that the same in the headphones. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/17/2014 2:16 PM, Sam Morgan wrote: I just added a different set of stereo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 weak rx audio when AFX is NOT active?

2014-07-17 Thread Jim Brown
On 7/17/2014 11:16 AM, Sam Morgan wrote: Why would volume still be ok on both speakers and headphones when the AFX is active if it the dreaded 'killed my speaker amp IC chip' problem? Sam, Is it possible that the plug is not wired correctly? 73, Jim K9YC

Re: [Elecraft] K3 weak rx audio when AFX is NOT active?

2014-07-17 Thread Sam Morgan
Problem solved! it seems a brand new 4' long 3.5 male to 3.5 male cable was the culprit, when I removed it from the mix, the problem went away. Some how Murphy managed to mess with the cable, and my feeble mind. It went from out of the box working one day, to weird failures the next day, all