> Well I wouldn't say useless. I'm sure no recording is > *exactly* like the > original but I have often played back another station's > transmission (eg to > help them set up their audio to let them know how they > sound over a long > distance), and other people listening (eg in the same > net) usually say the > KDVR3 is pretty close. I believe it's certainly close > enough to be of use. > Another way of handling it of course is to play the KDVR > recording into a PC > and email it but that's slower and less immediate.
I have a problem with that idea. When I listen to the other station I hear his audio colored by everything between his mouth and my ear. That would include his mic, his audio system and transmitter, propagation effects like multipath or noise, my receiver characteristics, my speaker or headphones, and my hearing. When I record him and play it back the audio is colored by his mic, his audio system and transmitter, propagation effects like multipath or noise to me, my receiver characteristics, my recorder, my transmitter audio characteristics, propagation effects again but back to him, his entire receiver system, his speaker or headphones, and his hearing. I often shake my head in disbelief when I witness audio playbacks as a disinterested third party, because what I hear that is being recorded is rarely like what I hear being played back as an example of how the fellow sounds. It isn't what the first party sounds like, it is what the first party sounds like after being run in and out through a different receiver and different transmitter. The recorder is the least of the worries. Which leads me to a question....... In the K3, is the DVR playback run out through the transmitter on a wide bandwidth and perfectly flat so the playback is at least a reproduction of what the receiver wound up creating, or is the playback run though the equalizer at the custom settings of the K3 transmitter's owner? To me, this is one of the silliest ways to adjust audio. An on-site receiver with wide bandwidth and a good set of headphones (or local recorder) is far more meaningful. One of the most annoying things to me is someone recording me and, with his S3 signal from a wet noodle antenna, saying "this is how good you sound here". :-) 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ 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
