While I can understand why one might think that it would be a benefit to turn off the monitor and just have silence in your ears briefly, I think that once one spends too many weekends with headphones on for greater than half of the 48 hours of a contest over decades, you will begin to understand that having the SSB monitor on - all the time - is an important thing. If your ears need a break, pull the headphones off during a DVR transmission and really give your ears and head a break.
It is important because it allows you to hear what you are saying clearly to maintain articulation and also enables you to maintain a level output of your voice - mainly so you don't start yelling into the mic and then suffer distortion and the resultant loss of your voice later on - yes, even when using the DVR. If you must, turn it down to a lower level, but don't turn it off - please! 73, Bob W5OV -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Gregory Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:28 PM To: Geoffrey Downs Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KDVR Geoff, I didn't know this was "on the list" but I sure reckon you got a great idea if it is not already on the list. I use MON at level 6 when using the DVR and I have been trying to get used to hearing my own voice in the headphones. I can do it this way but it sure would be a lot better if it was muted during TX. I will be watching closely for any response from Elecraft. 73's Gary On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Geoffrey Downs <[email protected]> wrote: > While on the subject of the KDVR3, I wonder if the next beta firmware > release will include a feature that automatically turns MON on at a > predetermined level when a recording is being transmitted, and off again > when transmission is finished? It has reputedly been "on the list" for a > year or so. > > 73 to all > > Geoff > G3UCK > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
