Uniden Speakers: ESP-12 or ESP-20 for BCD396T

[JHaislet]

I'd like to pick up an external speaker for the 396T and was wondering which Uniden speaker would work best. The ESP-12 is 8 ohm, 12w; ESP-20 is 4 ohm, 20w.
Will either of these cause problems with the headphone jack?

Also, is it safe to assume that these are correctly ground-isolated? Or would a cheap radio shack ground isolator still be recommended?

I plan on picking up two, one for the truck & one for the house. I assume it's ok to pick up a DC wall plug for running it in the house?

 

[supraman762]

I am also interested in this....

 

[Dewey]

I think you will find the 396 to be very poor at driving an external speaker. The earphone jack was designed for ear/headphones, and will not put out enough to drive an actual speaker. If you must use an external speaker due to noise or mobile environment, I would suggest an amplified speaker. I think you may be pleasantly surprised if you google "Workman 715", however, I can not give you an actual performance review since I don't have one ***yet***.

Dewey

EDIT: BTW, Radio Shack has a new version of their old amplified speaker, but I feel it's a little pricey. For that, you can google "RS 21-130".

 

[Bill2k]

You'll definitely want an amplified speaker, especially if you're going to use it in a vehicle. I just picked this (Ham Radio Outlet | West Mountain PWRSPKR | POWERED EXTERNAL SPKR 300HZ-3KHZ BANDPASS`) up on an impulse buy the other day. Having an amplified speaker has made listening much easier.