Another idea for hearing your own signal is at websdr.org. Pick a receiver, transmit and listen. Usually there is a delay of a couple of seconds.
Steve N4LQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 post SS observations > There is absolutely no substitute for hearing your own signal on the air. > Not even the K3's built-in monitor. > > Commercial broadcast stations (at least when I was messing around in > broadcast in the 50's and 60's) always had at least one monitor going that > everyone could hear that was driven by a radio tuned to the actual on-air > signal. It was not only reassured them about quality but was a > station-wide > announcement if anything went down (at least in the little WKRP-sized > stations I worked in). > > Smart Hams do the same, at least sporadically, for both 'phone and CW > signals. > > You don't need a top tier receiver for use as a monitor. SSB capability is > available cheap in many portable receivers. That also gives you a nifty > portable for various things, such as chasing RFI or listening to the band > away from the shack. Some even come with built-in recorders - solid state > or > cassette tape. > > If you have the KDVR3 option you can transmit a recording while you tune > in > your signal on the monitor. If not, it's still easy if you can hear a true > "zero beat" like us OTs learned to do long ago. Just transmit into a dummy > load and send a tone (or whistle or hum) while listening to the monitor. > Tune the monitor for zero beat between the tone source (you, if whistling > or > humming) and the audio from the monitor. Now you can record some > transmission and listen critically on playback. > > Just don't forget to use the dummy load :-) > > Ron AC7AC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Noticed two things with this contest. First, how many stations were > occupying as much as 4 kHz of bandwidth. And, did you notice how man > were using some form recorded exchanges/calls? And how many sounded > absolutely terrible? I'm talking outright lousy distorted audio. Some > I had to ask for a repeat item by item to get him to actually speak > and not re-play the recording. I think they would be astounded and > maybe embarrassed if they heard them selves on the air. > I started using my KDVR3 but after hearing some of the others, I quit, > not knowing how I really sounded. I know my mic sounds good. Will have > to check this out soon with some on air recordings from friends. > > OK, who's got the Kool-Aid pitcher? Where are the nuts and pretzels? > > ...bc nr4c > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
