[Elecraft] Muting mic when voice keying (was K3 Monitor)

[Ed Gray W0SD]

I must be missing something.  From the way I read the manual you just 
turn Line in on and set the level and then you go back to Mic + line in 
and the level for line in is retained and different than the mic level. 
  Did I not understand the manual?

Barry N1EU wrote:
> 
> Don Wilhelm-4 wrote:
>> I do not believe that muting the mic when PTT is asserted from the 
>> RS-232 input is a good idea.  Many logging programs use the RS-232 
>> signals to activate transmit.
>>
> Actually, I think that would be an excellent option:  mute the mic input
> when PTT is asserted via the CAT RS-232 RTS/DTR line.  In a typical contest
> setup, your computer logger/dvk'er will feed audio into K3 line in and
> assert PTT via RS-232 CAT port.  When you use your mic, you can use K3 PTT
> input.
> 
> This would solve N1MM Logger's inability to mute the K3 mic while voice
> keying because the K3 doesn't offer separate level controls for mic and line
> (like the Orion does).
> 
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
> 
> 
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