[Elecraft] K3 Need for compressor?

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Charles Harpole wrote:
>
>How about just using a good mic that is dead to its back and thus
>leaves out virtually all fan noise?
>
>
That only means you don't have a big enough amplifier yet :-)

The main thing that reduces fan noise on the outgoing signal is 
close-talking and turning the mic gain down; but directional microphones 
then suffer from proximity effects, giving too much emphasis on the bass 
(cue Jim Brown).

And anyway, the fan noise doesn't usually come from behind the 
microphone. In most shack layouts the amplifier is off to one side, and 
the noise bounces off the walls and ceiling, and arrives at the mic from 
all directions.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
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