This was asked for in the past and it turns out that more people wanted it the way it is at the moment but it was not really a landslide it was fairly balanced.
Personally I agree and would like the option to have it track the AF knob. But this hasn't really risen to the top of the list (if it even made the list) considering that it was the less popular option last time. ~Brett On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 13:35 -0500, Randy Farmer wrote: > I'm finally coming to terms with K3 3260, born July '09. It's at last > fully integrated into the station, and the diversity receive > capability just blows what's left of my mind. This thing is like a > race car: it rolls off the trailer pretty damn fast, but once you > start fine-tuning it it just gets better and better. To further > belabor the race car analogy, my trusty old FT-1000D is like a NASCAR > stocker, big and heavy but a bulletproof performer. The K3 is like an > Indycar or a Formula I car, maybe somewhat more delicate and fussy, > but able to perform at a considerably higher level once it's set up > and the driver learns to get the most from it. > > Now that I (mostly) know how to operate the K3, I suppose I'm > qualified to start picking nits about how certain things work. The > thing that bothers me the most is the Monitor function, especially > for CW. For any serious DX or contest work I always use headphones, > but I sometimes like to just grab the paddle and work somebody using > the station speaker. I normally keep the Monitor level set at about > 20-25, since that's what I find most comfortable when I'm using > headphones. When I'm using the speaker, I can hardly hear the > sidetone or the spot tone. If I go ahead and crank up the Monitor > level to where I can hear it in the speakers, the next time I use > headphones I'll forget to readjust the level and the sidetone will > practically rip my head off. Unfortunately, the Monitor level is > independent from the AF level so just turning down the volume, which > I always do when using phones, doesn't keep me from getting blasted. > > What I would like to see would be a firmware change that allows the > Monitor level to be adjusted to a percentage of the main receive > level, or perhaps set to a specific offset value in dB, such that the > relative levels between the main audio and the monitor signal always > track as the AF control is varied. I take the audio from the K3 rear > panel SPKRS jack to route into my station audio switching for either > the headphones or the speaker, so I would rather see it done this way > than by making a Monitor level change when the hardware detects that > the phones have been plugged in. > > I've looked through the reflector archives and can't seem to find any > posts that address my concern. That doesn't mean there aren't any; I > just didn't see them. Does this suggestion "sound" like a useful > firmware tweak to anyone else here? > > 73... > Randy, W8FN > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
