[Elecraft] k3 Mic Suggestions

[kd4d at comcast.net]

Good day:

We're having serious distortion when the compression is set to 13 or above on both our K3's with the Heil elements.  The ONLY workable solution has been to use an external TenTec processor to get reasonable audio.  Before we did that, we routinely got beat in pileups by stations with much smaller antennas - we even ran simulated pileups with European stations.

I'd be very interested in a fix.  I understand "normal" compression settings are around 23.

73,

Mark, KD4D

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <nf4l at nf4l.com>
To: "Bob Maser" <bmaser9 at q.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2009 6:50:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k3 Mic Suggestions

I'm using a Heil Pro-Set with the HC4 element. Reports are good.

Mike NF4L
 
Bob Maser wrote:
> I am the new owner of K3 Serial #3605 and love it.  I have been using a 
> couple of HC5 mics and have been getting criticism on my audio quality like 
> distorted,  no energy below 400hz, chopped up sounding.  I am running less 
> than 10db compression and staying within recommended ALC limits and no Bias. 
> I have tried various TX EQ settings.  I would like to know what mics are 
> being used with the K3 and getting good audio quality reports.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob W6TR Fort Collins, CO 
>
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