[Elecraft] K3 SSB Setup?

[mark roz]

Curt,
Tx SSB.This is normal. SSB tx signal from K3 is good
but I understand that in the future there will be some
improvement (firmware).
I have adjusted compresion to 25 and than  MIC
gain to the point that there is no distortion.
That way I can get more dynamic signal (good average
power). I'm using external receiver to monitor the
audio during this adjustment.
Mark 

--- Curt Knight <cak at hokualele.net> wrote:

> Aloha,
> 
> I built my new K3 SN 469 over last weekend and I
> have been having a lot of
> fun with it on CW, but I'm still not sure that I
> have it configured properly
> for SSB.  I have the latest firmware, I am using a
> Proset-K2, and I have the
> mic input set for front panel, high gain, and bias
> on.  I have configured
> the filters and I have done ref cal by zero beat
> with WWVH.
> 
> When I try to do the mic gain, compression, and ALC
> setting steps on manual
> page 26, I find that while the ALC attack is very
> fast, the decay is very
> slow.  So I speak into the microphone and get my 6
> ALC bars immediately,
> then it takes maybe 3-4 seconds for the bars to
> slowly disappear.  Is this
> normal?  I haven't found a front panel mic gain and
> compression combination
> yet that gives me what looks like a normal bounce on
> my power meter.  I must
> be missing something in the configuration.  I
> haven't tried it on the air
> yet; I will recruit some local help later in the
> week to give me a listen.
> 
> And concerning the ref cal.  I did get the 1 ppm
> reference, and I tried to
> follow the ref cal steps on page 47, "method 3" but
> when I tap 1 according
> to the instructions the display doesn't change at
> all.  Is this method not
> implemented yet?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Curt AH6RE
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