[Elecraft] K3: Mic setting and ALC question

[James Sarte]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the reply.  I adjusted the mic bias to low as you detailed, and
now I can set mic gain to around 8-10 before ALC pegs.  At 11, ALC reads
full scale.  I'm using the MH2 hand mic.  Must be a pretty hot mic.

73,
James K3JPS

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Zilmer [mailto:mzilmer at verizon.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 10:44 AM
To: James Sarte
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Mic setting and ALC question

You might have MENU:MIC SEL set to rP.H or FP.H.  You can use the '1'
key on the keypad to drop this gain to .L if that is the problem.

It just sounds like the mic input signal / gain is too hot.  I have
four mics here that are used with the K3 and typically need to run MIC
GAIN at between 15 and 23 with each of them.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:34:30 -0400, you wrote:

>Hello group, 
>
>Working phone on 40m tonight, and noticed that I could only set mic gain to
>3 before ALC maxed out on the K3's meter.  Is this normal?  I'm using the
>stock Elecraft hand mic. 
>
>73, 
>James K3JPS 
>
>
> 
>
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