I have a new Maestro "C". I have the sidetone turned all the way up and I cannot hear it.

Joseph H Wilkowski III · May 8

I have reset the radio (remove power supply wait 5 min plug in ps while holding the start button down) Radio resets, boot Maestro and have sidetone volume set to 100, I only barely hear it in my headset and not at all on the speaker. My previous Maestro (B) would **** me out of the chair with sidetone. What's up?

Neil D Friedman N3DF · May 9

with your headset unplugged, can you hear it on the Maestro’s speaker?

Joseph H Wilkowski III · May 9

No, nothing changes when the headset is unplugged. You can just barely hear the sideton in there and it is the same level on both the speaker and headset. A bit of a disappointment since the Maestro is the ONLY way to get a sidetone when using a paddle. (Yes, I know there are workarounds but this should function as advertised)

Thanks for the response.

73's Joe K8FC

Mike-VA3MW · May 9

The CW Sidetone does work, so we want to explore that some setting may be incorrect.

While in CW mode, can you post a screen shot of the TX MENU.

And, I have to ask, your Paddles are plugged into the Maestro or the Radio?

thanks

Fred KE4Q · May 9

The side tone is weak on my Maestro even with the mon level all the way up

Joseph H Wilkowski III · May 9

Mike, thanks for the response. Screen shot of Maestro included and paddles are plugged into the back of the Maestro.

Gord-VA7GP · May 10

Hi, @Joseph H Wilkowski III

I'm afraid I cannot help you, but I can provide some hope - my Maestro C achieves same audio level as the station I'm listening to, filling my small ham-shack nicely. Here's a short clip with my "5"s being the equal of W1AW (no, I'm not transmitting atop W1AW :-O )

https://share.icloud.com/photos/033up8k9_0c_LGldiObdHTN2Q

Summary - I find my Maestro C internal speaker is quite OK, with Sidetone level at 80

(Apple will auto-expire this link in 30 days. And Flex's forum won't accept anything other than still images. So enjoy now, or download/save for any duration you like. Sorry, later Googlers)

Mike-VA3MW · May 10

Please open a support ticket. thanks

Something unique is wrong with yours.

Joseph H Wilkowski III · May 10

Good morning, Gord. Thank you very much for your support. This is a temporary problem and when I can devote more time to researching the issue, it will get resolved. If I am reading these presponses correctly, I am not the only person experiencing this issue. It will get solved soon, I am sure.

73's

Joe K8FC

Mike-VA3MW · May 10

Support ticket created. 73

Joseph H Wilkowski III · May 10

Thank you for this quick response. After taking some time this morning reproducing the issue, I want to give you some additional information. I have the ability to log into a remote Flex 6600 using smart control and my Maestro. With that radio, I can hear the sidetone but not loud. I can raise the sidetone volume (using the Maestro TX menu) to 100 it is only marginally better.
Joe

Mike-VA3MW · May 10

add that to your ticket.

Joseph H Wilkowski III · May 10

I copied you and the ticket in when I responded Mike.

I have a new Maestro "C". I have the sidetone turned all the way up and I cannot hear it.

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