[Elecraft] K3S SSB TX monitor - feature request

Phil, GJ4CBQ gj4cbq at gmail.com
Sat Apr 8 10:48:34 EDT 2017


Rick,

Just to point out that I didn't write that.  I suspect something's gone 
awry with the nesting.

73,
Phil, GJ4CBQ.

On 08/04/2017 15:42, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
> I'll make two comments and no insult is intended or implied; its an
> opinion.
>
> Your 'need' to hear your own voice during transmit is not a common (to
> my experience) requirement.  There is often a slight phase shift and
> it's distracting to most so they simply mute the receiver and are
> satisfied with the silence.
>
> If it is (as you've stated twice now) a 'common sense requirement' I
> daresay that Elecraft would have already implemented it; they're rather
> good at doing that.  Perhaps it's simple to allow, that's an unknown.
> However stridently insisting that any particular way is common sense
> that is contrary to the majority belief is not the way to endear oneself
> to those that are capable of creating a means to have it your way.
>
> There IS a work around and you're aware of it.  The vinegar:honey rule
> applies.  Perfection is an illusion because it's perspective based.
>
> Rick wa6nhc
>
>
> On 4/8/2017 2:24 AM, Richard Lamont wrote:
>> On 07/04/17 20:19, Phil, GJ4CBQ wrote:
>>
>> When I transmit, I need to hear my own voice as sidetone in the
>> headphones, but not the speakers.
>>
>> I want the rig to do this *automatically* without button presses, knob
>> twiddles, the use of different sockets or any external hardware. These
>> are all obvious but unsatisfactory workarounds.
>>
>> The firmware, however, does not appear to support what seems a simple
>> and common-sense requirement.
>>


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