I have 2 K3's which I use in a contest station I have, use for remoting that station (35 miles from home), or the occasional mobile state qso party. I typically use Heil headsets, but picked up a Yamaha after hearing K9YC speak so glowingly about the unit. I have always noticed the low level audio, but the remote sight is so naturally quiet, that it hasn't been a big problem. Typically, in cw mode, both gains are almost wide open. But not so bad in SSB, which led me to believe it was something in the set up. I have played with this some, but not a lot of improvement. The Yamaha is much less of a problem. Last weekend I did a mobile in the Wisconsin QSO party using one of the rigs, and it was somewhat of a nightmare! I ran both gains wide open 100% of the time, and still had lots of problems hearing weaker stations. I made over 700 q's (all CW) in the 7 hour contest but it was a struggle. I was in a new Subaru Outback which is very quiet, but there is still considerable wind and road noise to deal with. I was kicking myself for not bringing the Yamaha along. Interestingly, another competitive station in the contest was using a K3 and reports the same problem. He was also using a Heil. I fully realize my best and least expensive, option might be to sell both Heils and buy another Yamaha or two, but I know that most of the stations in my contest club (Minnesota Wireless Assn) are using Heils and can't believe that there isn't something I'm missing here. Comments or suggestions would be very welcome and appreciated. 73 John, N0IJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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