Am Seeking some advice from the experienced operators relating to how you set and use the side tone volume. I have an urban QTH and a vertical so the noise level can be s5-7 or higher.
Being new on air I found that the receiver noise threw/thru me when it popped up between characters when sending so I have set my t-r to 0.2sec which seems to mute the receiver between characters and un-mute it between words (15wpm). (This latter noise is a good reminder to me not to run my words together) I find, although not easy for me, that when I put the Spot tone on I can match the received tone to it If the sound levels are about the same. Now here's the problem. I use headphones and only need to set the side tone level to 004 for it to be as loud as I want it when sending with the receiver muted. However at this level it is just not discernable with the noise at s5-7 and the level needs to be more like 012 to 018. This is just too loud for my ears when sending. It would be nice to be able to fix the muted side tone level at a lower level and then be able to adjust the Spot tone level as necessary to accommodate the signal being spotted. Ideas, suggestions? The other quick way of zero beating/spotting I use is to leave the filter at 1.5 or 0.7, turn AF2 on and tune smartly across the signal stopping at the loudest tone. This usually gets me within 50Hz. Then toggling CW and CWrev with a fine adjustment gets it closer 73s, Nigel ZL2DF _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
