[Elecraft] SSB low output

[W3FPR - Don Wilhelm]

Brian,

Have you checked things on the KSB2 - particularly the resistors (RP5 too) 
and the soldering of the Speech processor/compressor chip.  While the HC4/5 
elements are about 10 dB less than most other mics, you ahould be able to 
make up for that with the SSBA = 3 and SSBC = 2-1 pr 3-1.

It does sound like you have a bad connection somewhere.

73,
Don W3FPR

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>
> 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.

>