[Elecraft] CW Sidetone

[Toby Pennington]

I know I have heard that  some want the cw side tone to work like it does,   but I have never heard why?

You set the sidetone to a certain frequency and the volume never changes.   It is not tied to the AF gain like most rigs.  

I notice I have had to change the side tone when going from headphones to speaker.  Perhaps some impedence issue there,  but my phones are louder than my speaker requiring constant adjusting of the sidetone.  

Several modern rigs I have owned have the AF gain tied to the sidetone volume,  why not the K3?

Toby  W4CAK