I agree with both of you on this. I thought the discussion was about optimizing the audio. Self-listening will disclose severe distortion, clipping, extreme over compression, etc.
Most Hams these days have a computer around the rig. I record a bit of my transmitted audio on mine to evaluate a microphone for subtle values, but a scope is still my tool of choice to check for flat-topping and distortion. There's always the issue of the OTHER guy's rig, his settings, etc., all of which greatly affect the sound he hears. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Lew, You could make a recording of the monitor output from the K3 and determine for yourself if it sounds good or bad. I would suggest that is better than reports from others who are not familiar with your voice. If you are not familiar with how your own voice sounds, then ask the XYL or some other family member to listen to the recording. I have successfully used that technique (XYL evaluating) to choose among microphone choices for the K3. Because of that, I have chosen the Elecraft MD2 (not currently available) as my microphone of choice. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/14/2010 7:07 PM, Lew Phelps K6LMP wrote: > Agreed, your voice over the air and through somebody else's radio will not sound the same as what you hear in your own headphones. But wouldn't you agree that what you hear in your headphones in "Test" mode will be sufficient to tell you if your audio is badly overdriven and clipped, weak, distorted, excessively compressed, etc. What you hear in your headset will be a mix of "the good" through your bones and "the bad" that goes out over the air. If it's really bad, you will hear it. > > Getting a playback made through a separate radio is always better. But self-listening is better than just watching indicator bars, too. > > Lew K6LMP ______________________________________________________________ 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
