Tom, Exactly my thoughts.
I too have witnessed these types of QSO's and I came to the same conclusion that what I heard from the station playing back a recorded transmission did not sound anywhere close to what I heard "live". Oh well, to each his/her own eh? But I still would like to see the Monitor "mute" option come to pass. 73's Gary On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Tom W8JI <w...@w8ji.com> wrote: >> Well I wouldn't say useless. I'm sure no recording is *exactly* like the >> original but I have often played back another station's transmission (eg >> to >> help them set up their audio to let them know how they sound over a long >> distance), and other people listening (eg in the same net) usually say >> the >> KDVR3 is pretty close. I believe it's certainly close enough to be of use. >> Another way of handling it of course is to play the KDVR recording into a >> PC >> and email it but that's slower and less immediate. > > I have a problem with that idea. > > When I listen to the other station I hear his audio colored by everything > between his mouth and my ear. That would include his mic, his audio system > and transmitter, propagation effects like multipath or noise, my receiver > characteristics, my speaker or headphones, and my hearing. > > When I record him and play it back the audio is colored by his mic, his > audio system and transmitter, propagation effects like multipath or noise to > me, my receiver characteristics, my recorder, my transmitter audio > characteristics, propagation effects again but back to him, his entire > receiver system, his speaker or headphones, and his hearing. > > I often shake my head in disbelief when I witness audio playbacks as a > disinterested third party, because what I hear that is being recorded is > rarely like what I hear being played back as an example of how the fellow > sounds. It isn't what the first party sounds like, it is what the first > party sounds like after being run in and out through a different receiver > and different transmitter. The recorder is the least of the worries. > > Which leads me to a question....... > > In the K3, is the DVR playback run out through the transmitter on a wide > bandwidth and perfectly flat so the playback is at least a reproduction of > what the receiver wound up creating, or is the playback run though the > equalizer at the custom settings of the K3 transmitter's owner? > > To me, this is one of the silliest ways to adjust audio. An on-site receiver > with wide bandwidth and a good set of headphones (or local recorder) is far > more meaningful. > > One of the most annoying things to me is someone recording me and, with his > S3 signal from a wet noodle antenna, saying "this is how good you sound > here". > :-) > > 73 Tom > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
