[Elecraft] K3 Spot Tone Level

[Pete Smith]

During the CQ 160 contest, I found myself leaving the APF on and using 
that on top of a .4 KHz DSP bandwidth.  Signals just jump up as you tune 
across, making zeroing easy even for someone like me that has very 
little tone discrimination ability.  Of course, I got used to doing this 
with a TS-930, and have relatively high tolerance for ringing and 
distortion.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 1/31/2011 6:52 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>    Richard,
>
> While "common logic" will say to adjust the spot volume to match the AF
> gain level of the signal to be spotted, that is too much trouble and
> involves a lot of "button pushing and knob twiddling".
>
> A simpler solution is to just adjust the AF Gain control to bring the
> signal down to the spot tone level.  That works no matter where the
> spot/sidetone level may be set.
>
> Try it, it works and is a lot faster than trying to change the
> spot/sidetone level.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 1/31/2011 6:45 PM, Richard wrote:
>> These two sounds are intended for two entirely different psychoacoustic tasks.  The spot function involves perception of the pitch of the tone.  The monitor function involves merely hearing the presence of the tone, and intervals of absence of the tone.
>>
>> The effectiveness of these sounds is different as their respective volume changes.  If precisely the same loudness works equally for both, it is probably a fortunate coincidence.
>>
>> There is every reason to provide two separate volume controls.   ....and no useful reason for them to be adjusted by a single volume control.
>>
>> Richard  K5BWV
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 31, 2011, at 15:47, Scott Ellington<sdelling at facstaff.wisc.edu>   wrote:
>>
>>> How about independent control of sidetone and spot level?
>>>
>>> Scott  K9MA
>>>
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