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
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