Hi Art, I totally have that problem as well, but I was more bothered by the other one for now so that's why I wrote about it. It would be amazingly nice if you could have the MON level track the AF level. In fact, it would be a killer feature.
73, Thomas M0TRN On 15 May 2012 22:41, Arthur Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > My speaker approach was a pair of formerly "rear" speakers in a surround > sound system - SONY in this case. Having stereo speakers provides (most of > the time) the same effect as stereo headphones - when the sub-rx is on, DX > from the left side and pileup from the right side - although it's easier to > "work" through the pileup with phones. > > My problem is not with the speaker/phone volume, but with the monitor > (sidetone) volume. When it's set more-or-less normally for speaker use, > it's much too loud for use with the "cans" on. > > My daily (and therefore also for DX) logging program is DXLabs. Commander > provides a host of User Defined Controls - one of which I use to alter the > monitor level - significantly lowering it before slapping on the > headphones. Then, the second push, when I'm finished, restores MON to the > old level. > > Art - N4PJ > > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Thomas Horsten <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I like to alternate between operating with headset and speakers and find >> the K3's built-in speaker inadequate (plus I want stereo). So I purchased >> a >> pair of Audioengine A2 speakers (black, and with the corresponding desk >> stands, wonderful little speakers I must say and they look GREAT next to >> the K3 - judge for yourself: http://goo.gl/KErTo) >> >> Now the problem is that I have been running with AGC=LOW since it gives me >> a comfortable range in the headset. The speakers have a volume control on >> the back, so I thought I could adjust that to get a volume that was >> similar >> in the headset. The problem is that with a low enough AF volume setting on >> the K3 that the headset isn't blasting my ears out, and the speakers >> volume >> set to give a similar level to that of the headphones (about 66% of their >> max), the speakers give a very noticable very low frequency bassy "click" >> once a second anytime the K3 is turned on. >> >> It's like "thump, thump, thump" at one second intervals. This is loud >> enough to be noticeable when the speakers and the headphones are at about >> the same level for the real audio. If I turn the speakers' gain down and >> turn the K3's AF knob up, I get FB loud enough audio without hearing this >> problem, but with a low enough volume in the headset for it to be >> comfortable, I have to turn the speakers up where the "thump" gets >> noticable to get rid of it again. >> >> I'm powering my K3 from a car battery that is in turn hooked up to a smart >> charger. This has never caused me any problems in the past, but it would >> seem that this artifact comes from the smart charger somehow, as soon as I >> disconnect it the problem goes away and I can have the speaker volume all >> the way up to max without hearing it. >> >> As I said I've never had any audio (or other) problems before from having >> that battery charger connected. Any suggestions for what to try next would >> be appreciated. >> >> 73, Thomas M0TRN >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
