[Elecraft] K3 Monitor

Jan Erik Holm sm2ekm at telia.com
Thu Dec 11 01:01:49 EST 2008


Monitor does not sound good. It never has and it doesn´t
now with the latest FW.
The only way is to listen to yourself in another RX.

/ Jim SM2EKM
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Ed Gray W0SD wrote:
> It is my understanding that the monitor audio in the K3 was not so good 
> early on but that this has been taken care of and has been OK for quite 
> awhile.
> 
> The past two days I have gotten extensive on the air checks on 10 meters 
> in preparation for the 10M contest coming up this week end as the 
> monitor does not sound right to me.  It sounds like there is a echo. 
> However I have run checks with locals at S-9+ and with stations 200 
> miles away at S-0 to S-7 with QSB and I am getting great audio reports.
> 
> The real clincher is I listen on my other K3 with the attenuator on and 
> RF gain backed off and it sounds good.  Something does not seem correct 
> with my monitor audio, ie it is not a true representation of what the 
> transmitter sounds like.  Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Ed W0SD
> 



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