[Elecraft] Low audio K3?

[Phil Wheeler]

That sounds very wrong to me, John. I have a K3 
and a KX3 and audio is ample, on speaker and in 
earphones (including an old Heil ProSet). AF is at 
around 10 and never past 12 on either rig.

No problems here -- and I have a known hearing 
deficit: Totally deaf in one ear for close to 50 
years and the "good" one is fading with age so I 
miss conversations in rooms and such if I'm not 
careful. Last Sat I woke up with no hearing in my 
"good" ear; fortunately it was wax, removed at the 
ER, or I'd have become a PSK31 (etc) only operator!

I've not tried any Elecraft mobile (my car has an 
FT-857 wired into it).

73, Phil w7ox

On 3/11/14, 6:41 AM, JBaumgarte at aol.com wrote:
> I have 2 K3's which I use in a contest station I have, use for remoting
> that station (35 miles from home), or the occasional mobile state qso  party.
> I typically use Heil headsets, but picked up a Yamaha after  hearing K9YC
> speak so glowingly about the unit.  I have always noticed the  low level
> audio, but the remote sight is so naturally quiet, that it hasn't been  a big
> problem.  Typically, in cw mode, both gains are almost wide open. But  not so
> bad in SSB, which led me to believe it was something in the set up.   I have
> played with this some, but not a lot of improvement. The Yamaha is  much
> less of a problem.   Last weekend I did a mobile in the Wisconsin  QSO party
> using one of the rigs, and it was somewhat of a nightmare!  I ran  both gains
> wide open 100% of the time, and still had lots of problems hearing  weaker
> stations.  I made over 700 q's (all CW) in the 7 hour  contest but it was a
> struggle. I was in a new Subaru Outback which is  very quiet, but there is
> still considerable wind and road noise to deal  with.  I was kicking myself
> for not bringing the Yamaha along.   Interestingly, another competitive
> station in the contest was using a K3 and  reports the same problem.  He was also
> using a Heil.  I fully realize  my best and least expensive, option might
> be to sell both Heils and buy another  Yamaha or two, but I know that most of
> the stations in my contest club  (Minnesota Wireless Assn) are using Heils
> and can't believe that there isn't  something I'm missing here.  Comments or
> suggestions would be very welcome  and appreciated.
>   
> 73
> John, N0IJ
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