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John Gibson

KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,

If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?

I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for this information.

Thank you and 73,

John, no8v
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Tommy

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

John,

The KX2's speaker is just fine. PLENTY loud enough and quite
intelligible.

73!

Tom - KB2SMS

KX2 #01927

On 09/08/2017 07:43 AM, John Gibson wrote:
> Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
>
> If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
>
> I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for this information.
>
> Thank you and 73,
>
> John, no8v

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k4vd

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

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Hard to answer as I don't know your situation or operating conditions. I
have the KX3. It is sufficiently loud and ok intelligibility if I'm in a
quiet place with no distractions. Add some earphones and it sounds
wonderful. Good pseudo-stereo effect.

73,
Kev K4VD

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 7:43 AM, John Gibson <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
>
> If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce
> sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
>
> I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for this
> information.
>
> Thank you and 73,
>
> John, no8v
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Michael Walker

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

Amazingly well for the size. If you need more, I would add headphones or
external speakers.

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wrote:

> Hard to answer as I don't know your situation or operating conditions. I
> have the KX3. It is sufficiently loud and ok intelligibility if I'm in a
> quiet place with no distractions. Add some earphones and it sounds
> wonderful. Good pseudo-stereo effect.
>
> 73,
> Kev K4VD
>
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 7:43 AM, John Gibson <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
> >
> > If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce
> > sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
> >
> > I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for
> this
> > information.
> >
> > Thank you and 73,
> >
> > John, no8v
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Brian Hunt

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

In a quiet setting either indoors or outdoors I find the KX2 internal speaker adequate. If there is much background noise or careful listening is needed (crowded bands and/or weak signals) then I will go to Apple earbuds. If you use external speaker(s), powered speakers are needed because the KX2 speaker amp is bypassed when the headphone jack is used. I have a pair of Sony battery powered speakers that work perfectly.

73,
Brian, K0DTJ

> On Sep 8, 2017, at 06:01, Michael Walker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Amazingly well for the size. If you need more, I would add headphones or
> external speakers.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Kevin der Kinderen <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hard to answer as I don't know your situation or operating conditions. I
>> have the KX3. It is sufficiently loud and ok intelligibility if I'm in a
>> quiet place with no distractions. Add some earphones and it sounds
>> wonderful. Good pseudo-stereo effect.
>>
>> 73,
>> Kev K4VD
>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 7:43 AM, John Gibson <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
>>>
>>> If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce
>>> sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
>>>
>>> I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for
>> this
>>> information.
>>>
>>> Thank you and 73,
>>>
>>> John, no8v
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na5n

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

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John Gibson writes:

> Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
>
> If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce
> sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
>
> I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for this information.

I have had no problems using the internal speaker on my KX2 operating in
the field. Plenty of volume and clarity, even operating in some fairly
brisk winds. My experience is strictly CW, but imagine SSB would be the
same. With the internal battery pack, it is a totally self-contained rig
(except antenna) in a single box you hold in your hand. You'll like it.

72, Paul NA5N
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Tox

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

In reply to this post by John Gibson

(If you receive a dupe, my apologies)

With my KX3, for phone, I'd wear earbuds just to help me screen out
background noise, although volume/quality is decent given size. For cw,
tone generator is not as loud as I'd like for me to hear what I'm sending
(I've got to be careful how I set up when doing cw ops sessions so the
class can hear my tone); cranking up the af gain doesn't seem to bring up
the *local* tone volume as much as I'd like - it is entirely possible this
is pilot error though, so if anyone knows the magic, please feel free to
send it to me off-list.

Tox
AD6YT

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Chris Tate - N6WM

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

In reply to this post by na5n

When I was operating portable on the beach in Hawaii, I tried using the speaker but found that I really had to use headphones, particularly if I ended up doing any cw ragchewing... It was really hard to hold a conversation due to the varying noise level of crashing waves and folks having fun..

Just my experience..

Chris
N6WM
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John Gibson writes:

> Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
>
> If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce
> sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
>
> I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for this information.

I have had no problems using the internal speaker on my KX2 operating in
the field. Plenty of volume and clarity, even operating in some fairly
brisk winds. My experience is strictly CW, but imagine SSB would be the
same. With the internal battery pack, it is a totally self-contained rig
(except antenna) in a single box you hold in your hand. You'll like it.

72, Paul NA5N
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Christopher Hoover

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

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>
> The KX2's speaker is just fine. PLENTY loud enough and quite intelligible.

I find the KX2 audio level to be borderline in most field situations.
Inside on a desk, sure; it'll do. I almost always use headphones in the
field.

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 5:04 AM, Tommy <[hidden email]> wrote:

> John,
>
> The KX2's speaker is just fine. PLENTY loud enough and quite
> intelligible.
>
> 73!
>
> Tom - KB2SMS
>
> KX2 #01927
>
>
>
> On 09/08/2017 07:43 AM, John Gibson wrote:
>
>> Dear KX2 or KX3 owners,
>>
>> If you own a KX2 or KX3, do you find that the built-in speakers produce
>> sound of sufficient loudness and good intelligibility?
>>
>> I do not (yet) own one of these fine radios, so I must ask others for
>> this information.
>>
>> Thank you and 73,
>>
>> John, no8v
>>
>
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Jim Brown-10

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

On 9/8/2017 3:00 PM, Christopher Hoover wrote:
> I find the KX2 audio level to be borderline in most field situations.

It depends a lot on what sort of "field" you happen to be in. On a quiet
mountaintop or spot in the woods, it's plenty good enough unless you
happen to have much hearing loss. If the "field" is noisy (N6WM's
example of surf on the beach is a good one) or if you're in a moving
vehicle or parked along a busy road, it's probably not nearly loud enough.

The KX2 and KX3 are designed for backpacking, so minimizing current
drain is an important design objective. You'll appreciate this when
studying that spec in the manual -- only about 150 mA on RX! That means
that you can run the radio a LOT longer on batteries, which reduces the
weight you have to drag up the trail!

73, Jim K9YC

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Christopher Hoover

Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

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> On 9/8/2017 3:00 PM, Christopher Hoover wrote:
>
>> I find the KX2 audio level to be borderline in most field situations.
>>
>
> It depends a lot on what sort of "field" you happen to be in.

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Re: KX2/KX3 built-in speakers

I find the KX3 internal speaker OK, but not great. I found this amazingly
small, powered (internal battery) speaker that is a huge upgrade, and weighs
almost nothing. Important if you go back packing.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HB18IZ4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie
=UTF8&psc=1

Barthold

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On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On 9/8/2017 3:00 PM, Christopher Hoover wrote:
>
>> I find the KX2 audio level to be borderline in most field situations.
>>
>
> It depends a lot on what sort of "field" you happen to be in.

+1
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