Just use one channel of the amp. According to the specs, the KX2 external phones jack produces 0.1W stereo (page 65 of the manual). The amp will probably fix your volume problem.
wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:08 PM, stan levandowski <sjl...@optonline.net> wrote: > > Nice speaker but unfortunately won't help me out here. I need mono output > for this speaker and it's only 2 inches and 8 ohms. If I could get the > volume from the headphone jack that I get from the KX2 speaker, I'd be quite > satisfied. Stan WB2LQF > > > On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 08:55 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > >> I use this audio amp to drive speakers from my KX3. It is 15 W per channel >> stereo, runs off 12 V, and costs under $9. >> >> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C4MT274/ >> wunder >> K6WRU >> Walter Underwood >> CM87wj >> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >> >>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 5:47 PM, stan levandowski wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks. I need some assistance. Is the KX2's headset jack "padded" to >>> protect hearing? >>> >>> I'm asking because I built the "CW Resonant Speaker" in the current QST and >>> it works great but the volume is so low that it's unusable. >>> >>> >>> Do I have to take the speaker output directly off the KX2's speaker >>> terminals to get more volume? >>> >>> >>> Thanks and 73, >>> Stan WB2LQF >>> >>> >>> Sorry for the bum post; fat fingers!! >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to sjl...@optonline.net >> ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com