[Elecraft] K3S SSB TX monitor - feature request

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

With respect, it's all what you have grown accustomed to. The AM and FM
stations where I worked only had a speaker in the booth over which the DJ
heard audio from the disk on the turntable or rare network feed. He/she
never heard their own voice. 

Same was true in aircraft and military radio comms. And I doubt if many Hams
today carrying an HT are disturbed by not hearing their own voices. 

Sidetone in telephones was used to keep the person speaking from shouting
(as they did in early phones). The higher the sidetone volume, the quieter
the person would speak. We used that to great effect to tame a "shouter" in
bull-pen office environments. Unfortunately mobile (cellular) phones offer
no such benefit. 

My point is that I suspect that you are tapping into a change in recording,
broadcast and DJ work that is beginning to impact Ham operations. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Luis
V. Romero
Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 10:04 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S SSB TX monitor - feature request

All:

As a broadcast professional, I completely agree with the need to hear one's
voice as side tone in your headset while speaking.  Not hearing this does
make one feel deaf.  This is a common feature in professional intercom
systems as well as music performance monitoring for singers and
instrumentalists and even your telephone!  It's not really a "nice to have":
In my opinion, it's a "must have".