[Elecraft] SSB low output

[Brian Mury]

On Mon, 2004-22-11 at 00:14 +0000, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
> You've got the wrong guy !!  It's Brian, VE7NGR, who is having the problem
> sad to say. I have had no problem at all with my Heil Proset Plus with the
> HC-4 and HC-5 elements - no preamp required and 100 watts all bands. But
> thank you for your good wishes.

I find it interesting that some people have good luck with HC-4 and HC-5
elements with not mods or preamps, while others have problems getting
enough drive even with mods. Is there that much variation in the
elements, the KSB2, or both?

> >         Hi , Geoff. I ,too, am using the HM10 with the HC-5 element. What
> > you are having a problem with is not uncommon with the Heil elements.
> > Fact: Heil remarks in their literature that both elements are purposely
> > -10 DB down so as to reduce back ground noise pickup. I fought this for a
> > long time and tried all the various mods to overcome the lack of gain.
> > Finally built the amp circuit from the Elecraft site. Just hay wired it
> > together and have it stuffed into the mic body. It now works fine. Good
> > luck   Gil  K8EAG

Thanks for the info, Gil. I've been worrying that perhaps I have a
problem with my KSB2. It's reassuring to hear that I'm not the only one
who couldn't get it to work even with the mod. 

I'll build the preamp and see how it works. I'm pretty busy at work for
the next three weeks or so, so I don't know when I'll get it done, but I
will report to the list with my results.

Yet another reason to like CW... ;-)

-- 
73, Brian
VE7NGR