diff --git a/internal/audio/recorder.go b/internal/audio/recorder.go
index 2b2f9d3..42648a4 100644
--- a/internal/audio/recorder.go
+++ b/internal/audio/recorder.go
@@ -225,8 +225,12 @@ func (r *Recorder) Start(fromDev, micDev string, prerollSec int) error {
 			LogSink("recorder: no audio at all from %q after 3 s — the device opened but nothing is streaming", DeviceName(fromDev))
 			AlertSink("No audio from %s — nothing is being recorded", DeviceName(fromDev))
 		}
-		if twoSrc && bQuiet {
-			LogSink("recorder: no audio at all from %q after 3 s — the device opened but nothing is streaming", DeviceName(micDev))
+		// The mic is only worth a warning when the RADIO is silent too. On CW the
+		// mic channel legitimately delivers nothing, and the mixer has already
+		// said "recording the radio alone" — repeating it as an alarm made the log
+		// read as if something were broken while the recording was going fine.
+		if twoSrc && bQuiet && aQuiet {
+			LogSink("recorder: no audio at all from %q either", DeviceName(micDev))
 		}
 	}()