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Will running a 4 ohm external speaker (kenwood kes-5) on my uniden grant cb hurt the radio.? isnt most external cb speakers 8 ohm.? i usually use the texas ranger external speakers and they sound good. but truthfully the kenwood kes-5 millitary grade external speaker sounds better. just not wanting to harm my radio.

bump.

I use old computer hi-fi speakers with my CB and my 2m radio. Sounds much better than stock - and I never had any problems with either radio or speaker.

Running a 4 ohm speaker on an amp that is rated at 8 ohms will be less resistance and more audio output. Relatively safe with solid-state electronis; and only slightly risky with transformer-coupled tube electronics.

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thanks rob. ive got 2 of these kenwood mobile kes-5 speakers. ive been useing 1 on my uniden bc 898t scanner with no problems. i usually use the other kes-5 on my icom 706 mk2g,which by the manual says it will take a 4 to 16 ohm speaker. it just sounded really good on my uniden grant but i didnt want to screw it up.

Will work just fine.

Thanks moleculo.