[Yaesu] [TECH SUPPORT] Howto enable VX-5R sidetone

Sun Dec 11 11:07:11 EST 2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meier" <eaglecoach at wwnet.com>
> Is there a way to enable sidetone on a VX-5R?
>> By sidetone, I mean the ability to hear in the headset speakers what
> is being transmitted?

 No. Pun not intended, I've never heard of a handitalkie that delibarately
feeds any audio back to the speaker while transmitting. The microphone
is literally next to the speaker, and any feedback would be undesirable.
> This is usually accomplished by feeding to the headset speakers a
> portion of the signal provided to the modulator. The portion is
> usually fixed at at a level not loud enough to cause feedback through
> the headset microphone, yet loud enough that one quickly learns the
> correct level for an adequately modulated and not clipped transmission.

 Most of the time, unless you know better, the audio has low deviation
because people hold the radio too far away. :-)
> Is there a better term for this feature in amateur radio?

 Maybe an audio monitor? Only thing is, most people are not used to
hearing their own voice when they talk. I can't stand to hear myself talk
that way, but once in a blue moon I'm on broadcast radio and I have to
put up with it.. (I help out with CMN and other fundraisers at my employer,
a hospital.)
 _Ray_ KBØSTN