[LW] [LW11] Higher volume on external passive speaker than on internal speaker

[JonasE]

Our Ray 54E VHF is located by the nav station in the cabin. We are planning a longer voyage, including two ocean passages.

I want to add an external VHF speaker in the cockpit. This is quite straightforward and I have read in the manual that when an external speaker is connected with the 3.5 jack both the internal and external speaker will be enabled.

During night sailing I want the person on watch (in the cockpit) to clearly hear the VHF even if there is bad weather or the engine is running. At the same time I don’t want everyone woken up just because someone is sending something on the VHF because the volume on the internal speaker is too high.

Have anyone solved how they can get higher volume on the external passive speaker than the volume on the internal speaker?

If I wanted a lower volume on the external speaker there are several options like volume controls on the speaker cable that I could add. But in this case I want to have higher volume on the external speaker than on the internal speaker.