[SCCC] phones and external speaker

[w6now]

I guess i'll try it, but do I connect this splitter to the "External speaker" jack on the back of the rig? The SP-8 needs to be powered by the rig. 
Also, i have the cans connected to the front so I can have vfo A on left ear and B on right ear when in split mode. I don't think this works out of the external speaker jack.

73!

On Feb 5, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Timothy Coker wrote:

> 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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