[Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread JBaumgarte
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

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread Gary Gregory
John, Are you sure you have the Heil plugged into the Mic and headset plugs? If you set the K3 in the config menu to Headphones + speaker do you hear audio as you would expect? I was thinking you may have connected to Line In and Line out perhaps? I don't have a Heil headset (to rich for my

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread Phil Wheeler
That sounds very wrong to me, John. I have a K3 and a KX3 and audio is ample, on speaker and in earphones (including an old Heil ProSet). AF is at around 10 and never past 12 on either rig. No problems here -- and I have a known hearing deficit: Totally deaf in one ear for close to 50 years

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread mikerodgerske5gbc
John, You may have another issue but I thought I'd post what I'm doing. First I did have a low RX audio issue. When I touched some buttons RX audio would come up. That turned out to be a PL-259 not tight enough at least so far. Second, if I use a heavy dose of NR, the volume sucks similar

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread Mike K2MK
Hi John, I purchased the Heil Proset (sold by Elecraft) when I bought my K3 several years ago. The audio level was inadequate for my deteriorating ears. I then purchased the Yamaha CM500 headset and quickly sold the Proset on eBay. I've never looked back. There is a substantial increase in audio

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread Brian Hunt
CONFIG:AF GAIN has a HI/ LO option. HI is default but it's worth a check. Brian, K0DTJ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread Dave Perry
? 73, Dave, N4QS -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jbaumga...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:41 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Low audio K3? I have 2 K3's which I use in a contest

Re: [Elecraft] Low audio K3?

2014-03-11 Thread d...@lightstream.net
Hi John, Check the CONFIG AF GAIN setting. It suspect yours may be set to LO. If so, set it to HI. 73, Dale WA8SRA 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