K3: simple headphone splitter

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K3: simple headphone splitter

Lu Romero - W4LT
A very elegant solution that seems to have become a defacto standard here in Tampa is the Behringer HA400 headset amp. Several years ago I purchased one for our local club, ther are now 4 there, plus it has also migrated to the St Petersburg radio club.  Simply plug a stereo mini plug into the K3 headphone or line out jack (NOT into the speaker out jack) and plug the othe side of it into a mini plug to stereo quarter inch plug into the input jack on the HA400.  Plug the HA400 wall wart into the power socket (or, if portable, two 9 volt batteries in parallel give 30-40 hours of operation) and plug up to 4 headsets into the HA400. Best of all, each headset has its own volume control on the HA400.  You can even feed a audio recorder to record both sides of the conversation if you turn monitor on in the K3.

I have used this headset mixer in my home station, in the club and even at high power Multi-Multi environments with a dozen kilowatt amps and never had any RFI.

$20 at any Guitar Center or on Amazon.  I've no pecuniary interest in the device, just that it works and works and works.

73

Lu Romero
W4LT (currently /YO2)

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Re: K3: simple headphone splitter

Jim Brown-10
On Sun,6/1/2014 3:55 PM, Lu Romero wrote:
> A very elegant solution that seems to have become a defacto standard here in Tampa is the Behringer HA400 headset amp.

Behringer has earned the reputation in the pro audio world of a VERY bad
corporate citizen. Stolen designs, lousy quality, lousy support.

Look at the Rane products instead. A very good US company, near Seattle.

73, Jim K9YC
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