[Elecraft] External speaker hum with K3

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Mason
I connected a pair of Bose Companion 2 computer speakers (magentically shielded with amplifier) to my K3 and was rewared with a strong hum.  I have ensured that the speaker setting is correct and I am using the Bose stereo connector.  I also get the same result with the line out at various

Re: [Elecraft] External speaker hum with K3

2013-07-25 Thread Jim Brown
On 7/25/2013 7:30 AM, Greg Mason wrote: What am I missing with the connection to the speaker-out on the K3, which I would prefer to use? Do you hear hum (pure 60 Hz) or buzz (harmonics of 60 Hz)? The most common cause of buzz is leakage current from the AC power system, and it is coupled

Re: [Elecraft] External speaker hum with K3

2013-07-25 Thread Bill Frantz
This probably isn't the problem being experienced, but I found when I took the audio output of the ICOM 706 in my car and ran it through the car stereo system there was a strong low frequency hum when listening to a local 2M repeater. After a bit of thought, I am blaming the 151.4 Hz CTCSS