Exactly. The receiver is muted on transmit, so it's much easier to hear the sidetone. Scott K9MA On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Gary, W7TEA wrote: > Even > though the volumes are identical on the K3, it doesn't seem like > it---perhaps because the Spot tone is heard amidst band noise and other > signals. Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA