Yes, it has been debated. But.... I've gotten used to CW REV for audio higher = frequency higher. I *CAN* set the radio so audio freq higher = RF frequency higher on CW. I have gotten used to making sure that logging programs reset to CW REV, not CW, so I don't constantly have to hit MODE ALT during a contest to return to audio freq higher = RF freq higher. And YES I DO sometimes flip to CW, open up the bandwidth and scan higher frequency to lower frequency so that new stuff rolls in higher to lower audio, just to get away from the crowd that is scanning low to high frequency using their CW USB. And yes, I still think CW USB and CW LSB is a better label, and USB is really "normal", and no, it doesn't mean a thing to me that the K2 has a USB/LSB that flips on high bands and IT has REV. A K2 is a K2, which is a wonderful compactness and function with minimal parts. After all it only has15 buttons. How much can one expect...
But I've gotten used to all the CW REV stuff. But I've never gotten used to the K3's clunky, "stop everything in a contest and guess the right sidetone level while the RX audio is cut off" sidetone adjustment. It STILL bothers me and I have not found a way around it. Actually it bothers me more now because so much other stuff has been fixed, added, adjusted so neatly. I've never gotten used to it, and I really don't think Elecraft has this one right. I'm not sure how to implement it, but I need to be able to adjust the level while I'm transmitting, while sending CW, and I need to do both MON and PITCH without turning off RX, and it really is a by-band adjustment. I think an option CW MON ADJ:TX ONLY to go with CW MON ADJ:NOR would do it. Currently hitting MON in TX **cuts off the RX audio**. That makes it useless during a contest, because I have to find a space of time when I'm not RX OR TX. Which means the current setup is strictly set-it-in-advance-and-live-with-it. I don't care whether "NOR" is something I can't use. It's like CW REV. This MON adjustment clunker on the irritating scale is more like CW with no way to do CW REV. If one wanted to get crazy, you could just switch how it works based upon whether the rig is in CW and has transmitted in the last second. Can we please get this one on the list? Every time I have to come to a complete halt to adjust sidetone level, its just like the faucet dripping in the sink at night. I think that the reason it is done this way and no joy yet, is because Wayne is using code wrapped around the PITCH function code to do both that and MON, and will have to code the blend to make it happen like an analog radio, one of these simple-to-say-dickens-to-code things. 73, Guy. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:32 AM, W5UXH <chuck.broadw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just had my first qso with a K3 and Steve's point was one of the very > first > things that jumped out at me. I would like to be able to adjust the > sidetone level easily while in qso. I could probably get used to the > push/hold step if the tone was only present when I key, but having the > steady tone will probably drive me crazy along with Steve. Identifying the > "best" level for given band conditions (full qsk of course) is best done > while sending. With lots of band noise, I need a higher level of sidetone > but with quiet condx, I tend to want a lower level. It would be nice if I > could magically remove the compression function and replace it with > sidetone > level (but no tone if key up). I would then leave that knob set to the > "sidetone level" state except when I need to change power. > > Chuck, W5UXH > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
