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[n3drk]

I connected an external speaker to the ext speaker jack on the back of the k2. However only one speaker
has audio coming from it. I plugged the same ext speaker into the mark v and the two speakers
have audio. These are stereo speakers. Should not the k2 have audio coming from both speakers?
john
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[John Lonigro]

John:
The external speaker jack is mono.  When you plug a stereo plug into a
mono jack, you only get sound on the speaker connected to the tip of the
plug.  I guess you could either replace the mono jack with a stereo one
or replace the stereo plug with a mono one.  Either way, you'd have an
impedance mismatch.  If you are using amplified speakers, maybe it would
work if you plugged them into the headphone jack, which is a stereo
jack.  Some think the K2 audio output is marginal.  I can't imagine it
getting better if you try to drive 2 non-amplified speakers instead of 1.

Good luck,
John AA0VE

n3drk wrote:

>I connected an external speaker to the ext speaker jack on the back of the k2. However only one speaker
>has audio coming from it. I plugged the same ext speaker into the mark v and the two speakers
>have audio. These are stereo speakers. Should not the k2 have audio coming from both speakers?
>john
>
>  
>
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[Vic K2VCO]

n3drk wrote:
> I connected an external speaker to the ext speaker jack on the back of the k2. However only one speaker
> has audio coming from it. I plugged the same ext speaker into the mark v and the two speakers
> have audio. These are stereo speakers. Should not the k2 have audio coming from both speakers?

The external speaker jack on the back of the K2 is a mono jack.  So if
the speakers you plug in have a stereo plug, only the speaker that
connects to the tip will have audio.  You could replace the K2's jack
with a stereo jack, but then plugging a mono plug into it would short
the audio.  Best to get an adapter at Radio Shack.

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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[Stewart Baker]

I changed my mono speaker jack for a stereo one, so that I could get audio on
both channels into my computer sound card line input when running a DSP noise
reduction program. Simple to do.

Stewart G3RXQ

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:08:54 -0800, Vic K2VCO wrote:

> n3drk wrote:
>
>> I connected an external speaker to the ext speaker jack on the back of the
>> k2. However only one speaker
>> has audio coming from it. I plugged the same ext speaker into the mark v
>> and the two speakers
>> have audio. These are stereo speakers. Should not the k2 have audio coming
>> from both speakers?
>>
> The external speaker jack on the back of the K2 is a mono jack.  So if
> the speakers you plug in have a stereo plug, only the speaker that
> connects to the tip will have audio.  You could replace the K2's jack
> with a stereo jack, but then plugging a mono plug into it would short
> the audio.  Best to get an adapter at Radio Shack.

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