Sounds exactly like the FT has a forward facing speakers (are those the grilles on either side of the spectrum display) and the K3 is using its internal up-facing speaker.
When the pickup microphone is beyond what the audio folks call the "critical distance" the echoes from around the room start to compete with the direct audio, causing a loss of clarity and an echoing effect. If they wanted to compare apples with apples, the mic should have been the same distance and same orientation from each rig, or best, used a direct wired connection to the camera audio input. It's true that in almost any situation the up-facing speaker won't sound quite as good as a forward-facing speaker. That's why so many Elecraft owners who use the speaker much add a pair of outboard forward facing units. Back when the K2 was new, many ingenious Hams looked to the past and built deflectors out of metal, stiff paper or plastic that sat on top of the K2 to deflect the sound forward. Works great. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 12:53 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] K3 & FTDX5000 you tube If this is a duplicate listing...sorry. I really don't care about an "audio" comparison on just one signal on a quiet band, but wow...look at the size difference! I guess guys like driving an 18 wheeler, but I'll stick with the K3 any day of the week. YMMV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKwJ8Cu8lA0&feature=fvw de Doug KR2Q ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
