K3 phones - separate left/right volume adjustment?

[Karsten Beyer]

Hello, this is Karsten, DL1QC,

I´m slightly handicaped in hearing on left ear, so I hear CW with K3  
always a litte bit out of the middle. Is there an option or procedure to  
adjust the level of the stereo phones left/right separately?
vy 73 es tnx for all
de Karsten - DL1QC
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[Bill W4ZV]

Karsten Beyer wrote

Hello, this is Karsten, DL1QC,

I´m slightly handicaped in hearing on left ear, so I hear CW with K3  
always a litte bit out of the middle. Is there an option or procedure to  
adjust the level of the stereo phones left/right separately?

 

Not sure if you have the Sub RX but this may work if you do:

MCU 2.67 / 1.96, 11-12-2008

* MAIN/SUB BALANCE CONTROL:  If CONFIG:SUB AF is set to BALANCE,
then the SUB AF GAIN control becomes a main/sub AF balance control when
the sub receiver is turned on (including diversity mode). In this case the MAIN
AF GAIN controls the AF gain level for both receivers. When SUB AF is at
12 o’ clock, both receivers will be at full volume (main left, sub right). If SUB AF
is rotated fully counter-clockwise, you’ll hear only the main receiver. If it’s
rotated fully clockwise, you’ll hear only the sub receiver. At intermediate settings
you’ll hear both. A BALANCE control is very useful for contesting and split
operation. But it can also save a lot of AF gain control tweaking (i.e., matching
main and sub), since MAIN AF controls both main and sub receiver audio.


73,  Bill

[Jim-168]

Well I did learn something today. Like many I waited until the 2nd receiver
was available adding it to my K3 and had not even attempted to use it for
dual receive split operation until yesterday. On 20 meters working the K5D
when I would turn the sub on I would hear an increase in noise & a rumbling
sound that was very distracting. I checked to ensure both receivers were
same bandwidth, agc, volume etc. Not figuring it out I contacted Support &
was advised to check the REF CAL & VCO CAL. This did not fix it.

Here was the simple solution that I stumbled upon that's in the menu, I
changed SUB AF from NOR to BALANCE.

Now all is well.

73 de KE4WY Jim

 

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Karsten Beyer wrote:
>
> Hello, this is Karsten, DL1QC,
>
> I´m slightly handicaped in hearing on left ear, so I hear CW with K3  
> always a litte bit out of the middle. Is there an option or procedure to  
> adjust the level of the stereo phones left/right separately?
>  

Not sure if you have the Sub RX but this may work if you do:

MCU 2.67 / 1.96, 11-12-2008

* MAIN/SUB BALANCE CONTROL:  If CONFIG:SUB AF is set to BALANCE,
then the SUB AF GAIN control becomes a main/sub AF balance control when
the sub receiver is turned on (including diversity mode). In this case the
MAIN
AF GAIN controls the AF gain level for both receivers. When SUB AF is at
12 o’ clock, both receivers will be at full volume (main left, sub right).
If SUB AF
is rotated fully counter-clockwise, you’ll hear only the main receiver. If
it’s
rotated fully clockwise, you’ll hear only the sub receiver. At intermediate
settings
you’ll hear both. A BALANCE control is very useful for contesting and split
operation. But it can also save a lot of AF gain control tweaking (i.e.,
matching
main and sub), since MAIN AF controls both main and sub receiver audio.


73,  Bill

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[Carl Clawson]

Elecraft: my vote is "yes, please!"

As Bill mentioned, there is a balance control only if you are using the
subreciever.

I also have a hearing imbalance and would greatly appreciate a left/right
balance control that operates regardless of whether the subreceiver is on or
off. With subreceiver on, the operation of it would be as it is now --
either balance or subreceiver volume depending on a menu selection. With the
subreceiver off or absent it would be left/right balance.

73 and thanks for listening
Carl WS7L
K3 #486

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hello, this is Karsten, DL1QC,
>
> I´m slightly handicaped in hearing on left ear, so I hear CW
> with K3 always a litte bit out of the middle. Is there an
> option or procedure to adjust the level of the stereo phones
> left/right separately?
> vy 73 es tnx for all
> de Karsten - DL1QC

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