CW Sidetone

[Steve Ellington]

I'm always adjusting sidetone level. Room noise, fans, xyl, people sleeping,
dogs barking, etc. etc.  many other factors dictate this and why not? It's a
tone you need to hear. Why would one expect it to always be at the same
level?
I discovered the tap the button then tap the key trick some time ago but in
the heat of a QSO it's a bit clunky and then "mon" disappears when hitting
another button and you have to start over again.
The sidetone button defaults to PWR. Why? Why would I want to constantly
adjust PWR instead of sidetone? Seems to me like the default should be
sidetone, not PWR. But then I'm a cw guy.
Steve N4LQ



> I don't understand why the sidetone level needs to be changed
> frequently.

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[Guy, K2AV]

That needs to be in the doc.  73, Guy.

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:15 PM, The Smiths <[hidden email]> wrote:

>  I don't know that it's in there.. there's a few things like that you won't
> find.  That's why we're all here to answer questions for each other.
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:35:07 -0400
>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Sidetone
> From: [hidden email]
> To: [hidden email]
> CC: [hidden email]; [hidden email]
>
>
> I still can't find it in the user manual PDF.  I looked at every instance
> of the characters "mon".  Someone know what page it's on?  73, Guy.
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV <[hidden email]>wrote:
>
> I'm sorry, I ragged on all that time and the solution was already there.
> Once again, I am correctly accused of not being able to find anything in a
> PDF doc if my life depended on it.  Does it work for pitch?
>
> I already have crow pie up here from an unrelated incident.  Order of the
> day this week.
>
> SRI
>
> 73, Guy.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:34 PM, The Smiths <[hidden email]>wrote:
>
>
> This is an easy one.  Push and hold the Mon button as usual then QUICKLY
> tap your key down... Doing this will shut off the tone, from there you can
> operate the rig while adjusting the Mon "tone" level up and down.  You can
> still move the VFO and do other things you need to at the same time incase
> you aren't settled on the loudness you've selected.  No more annoying tone
> while in a qso.....
>
> > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:32:04 -0700
> > From: [hidden email]
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Sidetone
>  >
> >
> > I just had my first qso with a K3 and Steve's point was one of the very
> first
> > things that jumped out at me. I would like to be able to adjust the
> > sidetone level easily while in qso. I could probably get used to the
> > push/hold step if the tone was only present when I key, but having the
> > steady tone will probably drive me crazy along with Steve. Identifying
> the
> > "best" level for given band conditions (full qsk of course) is best done
> > while sending. With lots of band noise, I need a higher level of sidetone
> > but with quiet condx, I tend to want a lower level. It would be nice if I
> > could magically remove the compression function and replace it with
> sidetone
> > level (but no tone if key up). I would then leave that knob set to the
> > "sidetone level" state except when I need to change power.
> >
> > Chuck, W5UXH
> >
> >
> > This issue has been debated many times on the reflector and both parties
> > have their points.
> > In my opinion, the K3 has it right BUT I need the sidetone level to be
> > available at all times during cw operation without push/hold/tone. The
> > steady tone thing drives me crazy if I'm in a QSO and need to change
> level.
> > The pitch adjustment with it's steady tone also bugs me but I've gotten
> used
> > to this. Now I'm permanetly crazy!
> > Steve
> > N4LQ
> >
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