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 budget) so not sure if BIAS is required also. Be interested to know the outcome 73 Gary On 12 March 2014 00:47, Phil Wheeler <w...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > 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 and the "good" one is fading with age so I > miss conversations in rooms and such if I'm not careful. Last Sat I woke up > with no hearing in my "good" ear; fortunately it was wax, removed at the > ER, or I'd have become a PSK31 (etc) only operator! > > I've not tried any Elecraft mobile (my car has an FT-857 wired into it). > > 73, Phil w7ox > > On 3/11/14, 6:41 AM, jbaumga...@aol.com wrote: > >> 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 level >> audio, but the remote sight is so naturally quiet, that it hasn't been a >> big >> problem. Typically, in cw mode, both gains are almost wide open. But >> not so >> bad in SSB, which led me to believe it was something in the set up. I >> have >> played with this some, but not a lot of improvement. The Yamaha is much >> less of a problem. Last weekend I did a mobile in the Wisconsin QSO >> party >> using one of the rigs, and it was somewhat of a nightmare! I ran both >> gains >> wide open 100% of the time, and still had lots of problems hearing weaker >> stations. I made over 700 q's (all CW) in the 7 hour contest but it was >> a >> struggle. I was in a new Subaru Outback which is very quiet, but there is >> still considerable wind and road noise to deal with. I was kicking >> myself >> for not bringing the Yamaha along. Interestingly, another competitive >> station in the contest was using a K3 and reports the same problem. He >> was also >> using a Heil. I fully realize my best and least expensive, option might >> be to sell both Heils and buy another Yamaha or two, but I know that >> most of >> the stations in my contest club (Minnesota Wireless Assn) are using Heils >> and can't believe that there isn't something I'm missing here. Comments >> or >> suggestions would be very welcome and appreciated. >> 73 >> John, N0IJ >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ, K3NHLSkype: Gary.VK1ZZhttp://www.qsl.net/vk1zz <http://www.qsl.net/vk1zz>Motorhome Portable* *"Grumpy's House"* *Elecraft K3KPA500FTKAT500FT* ______________________________________________________________ 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
