[Elecraft] monitor delay

[Oliver Grossmann]

Hi all,

There will be always people they care about the delay and people they
don't care about it.
A year ago I talked about this topic in this list.

I use the monitor for 2 thinks:
1st) to adjust audio. For this it is great to have it after all signal
processing and delay isn't critical.
2nd) to monitor me during operation. If I use good audio shielded
Headphones i going to speek loud, but if i bring back my Audio via
monitor, I keep my voice down. The delay of the K3 is making me slow in
big Pile Ups because i have to speek fast. The only solution for me is
to switch off monitor in Pile Ups and shout again.

I'm thinking to build an external audio amp for this 2nd monitor feature.

This is the only disadvantage of the K3 compared to my TS850 i
discovered until now.

Olli, DH2WQ

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Oliver Grossmann | DH2WQ | oliver.grossmann at bretzi.de



Dr. Werner Furlan schrieb:
> hi all, 
>
> DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL schrieb am 15 Jan 2010 um 19:29:
>
>   
>> Lyle said:
>> "...Most people do not notice..."
>>
>> Maybe most people simply don't complain?  I have lots of friends with
>> K3s (I mean LOTS) and I am not aware of even one who does NOT notice
>> the delay.  Of course, all my friends are contesters, so maybe we are
>> a "picky" group.  :-)
>>
>> I found it better to do an on-air adjustment with someone who knows my
>> voice AND is a contester.  They know how "it should sound."  I go on blind
>> faith that what they tell me to do is working to my benefit...works so far.
>>     
>
> I do notice the delay and it is a reason for me not to use Monitor when 
> QSO'ing. The delay irritates me when I am talking. I find MON very useful 
> to adjust my modulation though with TX off, it is a great feature. 
> Listening to records of my modulation on the air is better of course, but 
> for a coarse estimation how it sounds it is nice to have. (in the 
> direction of would miss it if it were not there) 
>
>
> 73! de Werner OE9FWV
>
>