K3-intercom between headsets

[Nr4c]

HI,

One of the features that helped sell me on the K3 was the ability to
have two sets of headphones connected without external splitters, and
have the speaker 'on' as well.  My club does three Special Events each
year plus Field Day and it is helpful to use headphones for the operator
and logger.  But, many complain that with most radios, when you plug in
the headphones, the speaker is disabled and the onlookers can't hear
what is going on.  The K3 puts and end to that, everyone can now hear.

But, with good headphones, now the operator and logger can't hear each
other.  How nice it would be in there was some way that the mic's could
be active during 'non' key periods so that the logger and operator could
talk to each other to verify calls, exchange etc. and still hear what's
on the radio.

Is there any chance this might be added to the K3 feature list?

...bill  NR4C
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[Matt Zilmer]

Avionics audio has the same problem to cope with: Intercom during
non-keyed periods, to headsets - maybe as many as four or six.

There are little $100 to $200 protable intercom boxes that can be
rigged for this.  I have one, although I don't know if it would work
with dynamic mics or not.  If i remember correctly, aviation mics are
carbon.  I am pretty sure that the sockets are the old 1/4" telco
patch type, so might need to be replaced.

Sigtronics is one vendor, there are several others that are
well-known.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Mon, 16 May 2011 10:25:29 -0400, you wrote:

>HI,
>
>One of the features that helped sell me on the K3 was the ability to
>have two sets of headphones connected without external splitters, and
>have the speaker 'on' as well.  My club does three Special Events each
>year plus Field Day and it is helpful to use headphones for the operator
>and logger.  But, many complain that with most radios, when you plug in
>the headphones, the speaker is disabled and the onlookers can't hear
>what is going on.  The K3 puts and end to that, everyone can now hear.
>
>But, with good headphones, now the operator and logger can't hear each
>other.  How nice it would be in there was some way that the mic's could
>be active during 'non' key periods so that the logger and operator could
>talk to each other to verify calls, exchange etc. and still hear what's
>on the radio.
>
>Is there any chance this might be added to the K3 feature list?
>
>...bill  NR4C
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>Elecraft mailing list
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