Peter: I had exactly same problem, finally sole my heil headphones for twenty dollars , bought the ones advertised in QST for forty nine dollars and everything is fine....impedance of heil does not match rig.
If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM USSV DHARMA --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Pete Smith <n...@contesting.com> wrote: > From: Pete Smith <n...@contesting.com> > Subject: [Elecraft] Low headphone audio level > To: "Elecraft List" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Date: Friday, June 25, 2010, 8:53 AM > I have just gotten around to trying > headphones with my new K3, and am > surprised by how much audio gain is required for an > adequate listening > level with my old Heil BN-10 (?) headset. I often > find it at 2-3 > o'clock. Is this normal? Output from the > internal speaker seems normal > relative to the gain control - rarely requiring beyond 10 > o'clock. > > A tangentially related question - when I plug into the > headphone jack, > it appears that I have to push the phone plug into the jack > quite firmly > before the speak is cut off. Again, normal? > > -- > 73, Pete N4ZR > > The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at > www.conteststations.com > The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at > reversebeacon.blogspot.com, > spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
