Re: [Elecraft] External speakers for K3 - A caution

2009-05-11 Thread wayne burdick
On May 11, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Joe Planisky wrote: > Wasn't the mod described at > http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/AF_Output_Mod_Rev_C.pdf intended to > prevent the IC failure if a mono plug was used? The bleeder resistor modification helps prevent an instantaneous current surge when an mono p

Re: [Elecraft] External speakers for K3 - A caution

2009-05-11 Thread Joe Planisky
Wasn't the mod described at http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/AF_Output_Mod_Rev_C.pdf intended to prevent the IC failure if a mono plug was used? Did it not work as well as expected? Or is the firmware detection just "belt and suspenders" protection in case someone didn't do the hardware mo

Re: [Elecraft] External speakers for K3 - A caution

2009-05-11 Thread wayne burdick
Ken Kopp wrote: > Caution! Do -not- plug a mono plug into the external > speaker jack. Audio output IC failure will likely occur, > as a mono plug shorts one half of the IC. This can only happen if you have CONFIG:SPKRS set to 2. If you set it to 1, the right speaker channel is turned off, so

[Elecraft] External speakers for K3 - A caution

2009-05-11 Thread Ken Kopp
Caution! Do -not- plug a mono plug into the external speaker jack. Audio output IC failure will likely occur, as a mono plug shorts one half of the IC. 73! Ken Kopp - k0pp __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/li