K2 and Headphones

[Steve & Anne Ray]

Being lazy and hating to plug and unplug headphones, I simply made an audio
box that I feed the audio from the speaker output of the K2 to a switch that
switches between my head phones and my external speaker.   I use an old
Heathkit Speaker HS-1661 rather then the built in Elecraft speaker.   The
audio from this speaker is great and it points right at me rather then up
like the speaker in the K2.     Try also the old GE Mobile or Motorola
Mobile speakers they have good audio also, the Heathkit, GE and Motorola
speakers are often available at hamfests for $10 or $20 at the most.

 

73,

Steve K4JPN

http://www.thewinstonator.com/K4JPN.htm

 

 

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[wb4tjh]

Having been warned about the fragile headphone jack on the K2, I jought a new $20 Cobra trucker speaker off Ebay with an accessory headphone jack on the side of the speaker. Now I can leave my speaker attached and simply plug my headphones into the jack on the side of the speaker, saving all the wear an d tear on thge front panel jack. It's a good quality speaker with a heavy magnet and gives very good audio quality and volume. It has an adjustable stand/mount on the rear that turns it into a good deskspeaker.