[Ham-Mac] Re: Ham-Mac Digest, Vol 39, Issue 14

[David Ferrington]

Thanks for the response Dick and the congrats - no I understand about the
ALC and we have that right, he actually was saying, try to listen to the
audio so you know when your transmitting, just to start with.
That's because I was leaving it in transmit for a few seconds too long -
however, I've now read about the macros and the %[tx] &  %[rx] vars and this
alone with timeout is probably going to resolve it.

Still interested in a way to monitor the audio on the radio during transmit,
if anyone knows of one


On 26/4/07 09:01, "ham-mac-request at mailman.qth.net"
<ham-mac-request at mailman.qth.net> sent:

> From: Dick Kriss <aa5vu at sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications
> <ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:29:58 -0500
> To: ham-mac <ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] CocoaModem and DiGi KEYER with FT-857
> 
> David M0XDF,
> 
> What your mentor was saying is to watch the ALC on the S-meter of your
> FT-857.  The optimum setting is full power output with no ALC showing on the
> S-Meter.  I don't know about the FT-857 but my Kenwood even has has an
> option for me to monitor the audio output of the transmitted signal.  I
> listen to hear if the output sounds normal but keep an eye on the ALC on the
> S-meter.  If you have too much ALC try lowering the output of your sound
> card (or Digi Keyer).
> 
> Maybe someone running a Digi Keyer and FT-857 will provide a better
> response.
> 
> 73 and congrats on the the first PSK31 QSO.
> 
> Dick AA5VU
> 
> 
> On 4/25/07 5:50 PM, "David Ferrington" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Please forgive me if this is obvious, but I've just managed my first PSK QSO
>> with the above setup.
>> It was suggested by my 'mentor' that I should try to monitor the tones as I
>> transmit them, at least initially.
>> I can't see a way to do that with any of the kit.
>> Is there a way?

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