Adjusting side tone volume

[Andreas (KU7T)]

Hi,

I use my K2/100 mostly mobile and love it. I work DX a couple of times a
week.  The only one issue I don't like is the side tone volume adjustment I
have to do all the time. My commute is part on the freeway and part through
the city. The noise level on the freeway is obviosly higher, a side tone
level of about 12 is needed. In the city, when I go about 30 or 40 miles an
hour, the level I like is about 4 or 5.  I have to adjust the level all the
time with the following drawbacks:

- adjustment cannot be done when transmitting
  (bad one, that's when I really want to change it)
- need to hold a button (PF1) and then turn the knob,
  I wish it would be simpler
- I adjust the AF gain anyway, but the side tone level is independent

Why is the side tone level not routed through the normal audio path so the
AF gain would change it too? Would that be something that would be possible
to change? Any other simpler suggestions?

73 and thanks,
Andy, KU7T



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[Brian Mury-3]

On Thu, 2004-09-12 at 22:06 -0800, Andreas Hofmann wrote:
> Why is the side tone level not routed through the normal audio path so the
> AF gain would change it too? Would that be something that would be possible
> to change? Any other simpler suggestions?

I have an Icom 706MKIIG as a mobile rig. It has the sidetone level
controlled by the AF gain. Sometimes when trying to dig out a weak
signal, I turn the RF gain way down and the AF gain way up - which is
fine until I transmit, and my ears get blasted by the sidetone. I always
wished the sidetone *wasn't* controlled by the AF gain.

I don't know if that's the reason the K2 was designed the way it is, but
it works for me.

--
73, Brian
VE7NGR

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