[Elecraft] SSB low output

[Brian Mury]

On Sun, 2004-21-11 at 14:15 -0600, Don Brown wrote:
> Just a thought , do you have the microphone attenuator turned on. I
> think it defaults to on when the K2 is first set up. SSBA should be at
> 2 and SSBC should be at 1-2 or 1-3. I have fallen into this trap a few
> times

Good thought, but no. I've tried all possible combinations of settings
for SSBA and SSBC.

I tried running my mic into my soundcard, and the soundcard out into the
radio - quick and dirty mic amp! I got lots of RF power, though my
signal was pretty nasty.

I guess I just need to build an external preamp, though I'm not sure why
my output without it is as low as it is.