Having to engage the sidetone (steady tone) in order to adjust the level is annoying. Example: When using headphones, I have to crank up the sidetone to about 40. If I unplug the headphones and hit the key, the sidetone almost blast me off my chair. Wakes up the XYL too! Most rigs let you simply turn a knob and adjust the sidetone level without the tone running and they also let you adjust volume while you are sending. The whole pitch, spot, mon thing needs to be revisited. Here's what I would prefer.... For CW mode: The mon level is the default. It simply controls the sidetone volume and can be adjusted while sending (no steady tone). For SSB: Don't care. It just seems natural and logical to be able to adjust my sidetone without the controls being disable by hitting the key or another knob and to be adjustable "on the fly".... Let's assume I'm in the middle of a CW QSO and I suddenly need to put on my headphones due to QSB or XYL. I'm sending along, plug in the headphones and suddenly my sidetone is way down below the noise level..To increase the gain, I push the PWR button in and the sidetone is now a continuous tone....Not good...can't hear the other guy....Tap the key and sidetone goes off and now I can adjust. Hey...that's what I wanted all along. Why not just make it the default for CW mode? If I want a steady tone, I'll push the Spot button. Woops, can't do that because it disables my mon volume adjustment. This is weird. I guess as a CW op, the sidetone volume adjustment is far more important than PWR. At least make it a menu item. Thanks for reading. 73
N4LQ Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.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
