[SCCC] phones and external speaker

[Timothy Coker]

Radio shack has these splitters for $5-7... I'd buy the dongle so that it's
flexible and you can shove your rig close to the wall without issues. You
may need to buy a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter to fit the phones onto the dongle. Just
turn off the speaker when your son is not around so that you don't trip your
VOX or get an echo during SSB transmission.

73,

Tim / N6WIN.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Dick Kalkofen <dkal961 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Keep it simple.....
>
> Find a Stereo Splitter and connect it to the EXT speaker jack and plug the
> Speaker in one side and the Cans in the other.
>
> Dick  K6KAL
>
> --- On Sat, 2/5/11, Bob Wilson <N6HB at n6hb.org> wrote:
>
> From: Bob Wilson <N6HB at n6hb.org>
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] phones and external speaker
> To: "SCCC Reflector" <SCCC at contesting.com>
> Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8:56 AM
>
> I don't know if it's handled differently on your MarkV, but the way these
> normally work is that audio is fed to the headphones and speakers
> simultaneously, with the headphone jack being an NS type (normally
> shorted). Inserting the headphone plug physically breaks the NS
> connection, thus cutting audio to the speaker. Check your schematic first,
> but potentially all you'd need to do is jumper across the NS connection so
> that it is *always* shorted. But of course, that might create late-night
> operating issues with the family.  ;^)
>
> Maybe a better way of doing this (that doesn't involve going inside the
> radio) would be to wire a dongle from your headphone plug (or homebrew a
> series "box") with a speaker jack and switch... and maybe a resistor
> network to get the impedance correct for the speaker.
>
> -Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sccc-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:sccc-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of w6now
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 12:46 AM
> To: SCCC Reflector
> Subject: [SCCC] phones and external speaker
>
>
> I have a MarkV.
> I plugin my headphones to the front "Phones"
> I have an external SP-8 speaker that plugs in to "Ext speaker" on the back
>
> I'd like to have the ability to send audio to both sources at the same
> time (headphones ON, Ext Speakers ON).
>
> Why? My son comes in the shack, and I'm working DX on CW - I'd like for
> him to hear the pileup while i keep the cans on.
>
>
> 73!
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