[Elecraft] CM 500 setings

Wes (N7WS) wes at triconet.org
Thu Oct 22 10:11:31 EDT 2015


Well, just like in our politics, we're going to have to disagree on this one.

I actually discovered this,and reported it here a while ago, when trying to set 
up my K3S for RTTY using the new USB/internal sound card and VOX.  See: 
http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Mic-VOX-interaction-td7606353.html

Wayne wrote that one of their engineers had also discovered the issue and it was 
to be moved up the list.

Still waiting.



On 10/21/2015 9:38 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Wed,10/21/2015 2:18 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
>> Regrettably, mic gain affects VOX gain. This should not be and I had the 
>> impression that this fault was to be addressed, but it hasn't been AFAIK. 
>
> Actually, that's very logical flow, and is common to lots of audio gear, and 
> it's what I would design if I were doing it. Thinking in analog terms, first 
> there's a mic preamp with a sensitivity setting (in this case, Mic H or L), 
> then an output gain setting, then stuff that uses the mic signal. The good 
> part is that once mic sensitivity, mic gain, and VOX are set for one mic, they 
> should not need adjustment for another, because the mic gain setting would be 
> readjusted for that second mic.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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