IMHO the best bang for the buck are the West Mountain Radio COMspkr for $39 they have no equal. I have speakers in the shack that cost up to $400 ea. and these sound the best on my K3's and Never any RF on them with legal limit ++.
73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of drewko Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 3:10 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Speaker buzz - But which external speaker ? I am using a pair of MFJ-281 Cleartone speakers with my K3. Some say they are fantastic; some say they are junk... But they work well enough for me for CW and SWL. They peak around 600-700 Hz. I would prefer a little lower, 400-500 Hz, but they work ok in that range. And no buzzing anywhere that I have heard. They also look like they were made to match the K3. As for RF, I have had no issues with them. The lead-in of my end fed wire antenna is inches away from them (though I do only operate 10 watts output). 73, Drew AF2Z On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:18:45 +0000, Iain G4SGX. wrote: >Hello, >Well after 18 months the buzzing of the K3 internal speaker has reached >annoying proportions. >For a while it faded after switching on for 10 mins but now its a >constant resonance at 580 Hz. Great for CW! (not) Because of the above >I am sure its because the coil has shifted in the speaker slightly >rather than any sympathetic resonances from the case. > >I'm not complaining, I understand if I contacted Elecraft I am likely >to get a replacement speaker sent out, (Its a well documented 'extra >feature') but really haven't got round to it, nor am i likely too, well >down the list of priorities! >Will probably order it along with a set of CW filters when I need them. > >I'm REALLY after recommendations for an external shack speaker, or is >any good HiFi speaker good enough? I would assume some RF shielding and >good high end sensitivity was more of an issue. > >Yours. >Iain G4SGX. >Happy K3 Owner :) >______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
