[Elecraft] Audio mixers

[James Bennett]

My guess would be for a CW contest station. Kind of a PITA to keep moving hand from keyer paddle to keyboard. Of course, if one could type with one hand and do CW with the other, that would be great. But I can't, so having a logger op would help the QSO rate. 



> On Jul 3, 2015, at 7:52 PM, Gary K9GS <garyk9gs at wi.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello David,
> 
> Not singling you out or anything but I've often wondered why you need separate operator and logger?  This seems to be a practice peculiar to FD but I've never understood why the person operating the radio doesn't do the logging too??
> 
> 
> 
>> On 7/3/2015 1:15 PM, David McAnally wrote:
>> This was something we wondered about during field day. A way for operator
>> and logger to speak to each other over the headsets, as well as listen to
>> the QSOs.  Hearing both sides of the QSO was accomplished by using the
>> monitor feature on the K3.  However, the operator and logger wanted to
>> communicate with each other sometimes as well.
>> 
>> I added an external mixer
>> <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KIPT30/ref=pe_385040_30332190_TE_M3T1_ST1_dp_1>
>> to allow TX monitor and RX audio to be sent to a video stream as well as
>> the headset for the logger. Combining mic audio from two headsets might be
>> a little more complicated, especially to be active during RX as well as TX.
>> 
>> David M.
>> WD5M
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Cady, Fred <fcady at ece.montana.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> Happy 4th.
>>> I'd like to use an audio mixer to mix computer and mic audio plus have
>>> kind of an intercom between two operators wearing headphones.  I know there
>>> are audio experts here so what suggestions might you have?
>>> Thanks and 73,
>>> Fred KE7X
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>> Gary K9GS
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