Thanks, Walt! I'm sure that would work, but it would leave me with a non-adjustable volume, and I do want to be able to adjust it up when it's not annoying to the XYL. I'm going to try a pair of computer speakers tonight when I get home. I'm hoping the volume control on them will make up for the deficiency of the control on the 746. 73 Dave KB3MOW
> Put an 8 ohm resistor in place of the speaker. Then across the 8 ohm > speaker place a 600 ohm resistor in searies with a small 2" speaker. You > can vary the series resistor from about 300-1200 ohms to adjust the > volumn. The series resistor won't bother the 8 ohm speaker output too > much. > > Walt/K5YFW > > -----Original Message----- > From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:17 PM > To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [digitalradio] A bit off-topic, but could use a bit of advice > > > I'm feeding audio from my IC-746 (non-Pro) to the PC from the ACC-1 > jack so I can have constant audio level. I feed audio from the > external speaker jack to an external speaker (novel concept!). The > problem I'm encountering is that I share the shack with the XYL, who > is only a few feet from me in the evening. No matter how low I turn > the audio down on the rig, the sound from the speaker is just a bit > too loud. This 746 has a very sensitive AF gain control, so that the > audio is either off or too loud. > > Is there a way I could put a rheostat or potentiometer in the audio > line from the external speaker jack that would let me have more > control over the audio from the speaker? And if so, what value should > I look for to give a broad range of control so I can go from very soft > to normal? > > Thanks in advance! > Dave > KB3MOW > > > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
