PA System

[kapkanimd]

I tried searching and could not find anything significant.

Does anyone have any information on the possibility of using the RT-524 or VIC-3 with an externally mounted loud speaker/PA system?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Buffalobwana]

Was about to post a question about that. I picked up a loudspeaker at Eric's. Can't get it to work. TM has one paragraph on it and it seems straightforward. Plug in loudspeaker, the end.

I have it hooked to the "loudspeaker" port on the main box, and plugged into the loudspeaker.

It shouldnt be this hard, but it is.

 

[Buffalobwana]

I am going to do some deeper troubleshooting on Friday to be sure cables are good and speaker is correct model for this system.

 

[papakb]

It'd be helpful if you'd mentioned what speaker you picked up from Erik's. The SINCGARS crystal speakers look cool but don't seem to work with anything. If it's one of the LS-671s that are pretty common now there is a breaker that needs to be turned on and there's also a switch on the volume control that needs to be pulled upwards.

 

[Buffalobwana]

http://www.thosemilitaryguys.com/military-loud-speaker-n-o-s-now-with-instructions-for-wiring-to-cb/

the instructions were missing from my box, so, I was left to just guess. Then, a month later, I found the instructions packed in a box with something else I bought. Anyway, I have not dug into the unusually long set of instructions to find out why it doesn't work (it needs power, but how it gets power, I have not figured out.) maybe it's simple, maybe not. I did notice it indicated the instructions came from (or were listed on) radio nerds.com site.