[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 268, Issue 23

[Thaire Bryant]

Greg,
Are you pushing the knob in to access the “Mon”?  I believe monitor level only goes to 30, if you are seeing 60 you may be just increasing the receive volume.

73
Thaire  W2APF

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> I have a Elecraft K4. Love the radio.
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> One thing I notice that my side tone level is very low.volume
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> I have the Monitor level all the way up to max 60
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> But the side tone level is still lower than the Rx background noise with the AF gain at mid level
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> Is this normal or is there an issue with my radio?
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> Thanks
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> Greg WA1JXR
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