[Orion] CW monitor

[Richard Detweiler]

Hi Duane,

This seems to make a lot of sense to me too,

73's
Rich
K5SF


>From: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa at juno.com>
>To: orion at contesting.com
>Subject: [Orion] CW monitor
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:43:10 -0500
>
>Here's one I noticed last night regarding the CW monitor that I haven't
>heard discussed.  I was straining to pull YA8G out of the noise on 20m CW
>with the Main RX listening to him and the SubRX (and TX) on the pileup on
>VFOB.  So, I have the main in my left ear and the Sub in my right ear.
>Where should the CW monitor be?  It should be heard where the TX
>frequency is - i.e., in my right ear so I'm hearing it against the
>pileup.  Where was it?  In my left ear on the Main RX making it very
>difficult to hear when the DX station started calling someone.  So, my
>question:  Is the CW monitor steerable?  I don't see any selection for
>that, and, if not, has anyone requested this option yet?  (I'm going to
>send a note on it since this is counterintuitive and not useful if it
>can't be changed.)  To my way of thinking, the CW monitor should follow
>where you have the TX set.
>
>         73,  Duane
>
>
>Duane Calvin, AC5AA
>Austin, Texas
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