I'm going to second Peter's request, but let me explain it in a different manner. I'll use the terms "Rx audio" to mean the audio from the receivers, and the "Tx Mon" to mean the audio that is being transmitted.; you get a constant audio level output regardless of your AF setting.
Currently, the Line Out audio level is adjusted in the Config menu. For recording purposes, IMHO, it works correctly. If you want to record just the receive audio, it is fine. When you want to record the actual contest, though, the receive audio alone isn't enough; you also need the Tx Mon audio. The Tx Mon audio that is mixed into the Line Out audio is varied by the Tx Mon level control on the front panel. If you turn the Mon control fully counterclockwise, you have no Mon audio in your headset and no Mon audio in the recording. Why is this important? As an SO2R operator, I use the Tx Mon audio for two things: make sure I'm not sending gibberish, and as an audio cue that a specific radio is done transmitting. The Mon level is set so that I can barely hear it in the headphone; many SO2R ops use the Mon in just that manner, as does PC2A. If you adjust the Mon gain in that manner, the Tx Mon audio disappears from the recording. In addition, many ops route the mike audio through the soundcard so that they can do on-the-fly recording. Many soundcards introduce enough latency into the process that listening to yourself through the delay is very fatiguing; the easy solution is to turn the Mon level so that you don't hear it. When you do that, the Mon audio disappears from the recording. What we'd like to see is the transmitted audio, be it from cw sidetone or digital signal or ssb audio, to be mixed into the Line Out audio at a level that is not changed when the Mon control is adjusted. The transmitted audio level should be adjusted in step as part of the Line Out Config menu selection. With the new recording needs of CQWW, this should be implemented. Dennis W1UE Copy of PC2A message from several days ago. ====================================================== Message: 25 Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 13:55:23 +0200 From: Peter <p...@pi4cc.nl> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 fixed TX audio from the monitor Message-ID: <55c73fab.80...@pi4cc.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi A long standing wish is to get fixed level audio out from the audio monitor for the K3 Some operators don't like there voice hearing and turn of the audio monitor low or off. Result is a blank or weak TX audio in the recording. See http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2009-January/102536.html The RX part is done a long time a go but till now no solution for the TX part. With the new rule of audio recording for the upcomming CQWW it pops up again and I like to ask if its possible to add a fixed audio level output for TX From http://www.cqww.com/rules.htm *C. Audio Recordings:* Any single operator entrant (see V.A.1) competing for a top three finish at the (a) World, (b) Continent, or (c) USA levels, must record the transmitted and received audio as heard by the operator for the duration of the contest operation. Are we not al winners in some kind of catagory? :-) Peter PC2A ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
