My interest in the audio mixing enhancement is limited to non-diversity use of the subrx, i.e. with main rx on vfoA and subrx on vfoB tuned to a different station.
The K3 already provides all the control I need for diversity reception. Barry N1EU K6KV Gary wrote: > > I've been paying close attention to this thread, having purchased > the K3 sub-receiver with the intent of using it next Field Day with my two > "very-orthogonal" 40M antennas. My question is, has it been thought > through > how the capability of having two receivers and two antennas works best in > a > contest? I sense from this thread that it is distracting to not be able > to > hear only the chosen antenna in both ears. It makes me wonder, could a > different optional mode for the K3's antenna switch help satisfy this > wish? > > Ideas are cheap, and one that comes to mind is this: When listening > to two antennas, a TAP of the ANT switch would feed what's in the left ear > into both ears. If instead a slightly longer HOLD of the ANT switch was > made, what was heard in the right ear would then be fed into both ears, > and > also select the XMIT antenna. After the contest exchange, any further tap > of the ANT switch would revert the receivers to putting their separate > signals into each ear, maybe assigning the last active antenna to the left > ear. > In use in a contest, then, if the desired station were strongest in > the right ear, the operator would press the ANT switch for one second, > work > the station (hearing it in both ears), and finish with one tap of the ANT > switch to returned reception to its prior dual-receiver mode. > Note that such a mode might be implemented as an option. If set to > that mode, then a K3 would enter that mode when the diversity mode was > invoked. > My post is not a "request", but rather a question that, given the > power of dual receivers and antenna switching, has the best way to use > this > capability in a contest been worked out? > Thanks > Gary K6KV > > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Enhancement-request-audio-mixing-tp5727304p5730956.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
