[Elecraft] K3 Repair - ALC Setting

[Don Wilhelm]

Jim,

That is the norm only for DATA modes where you would not want to 
activate the ALC.
For SSB and other speech modes, drive the ALC meter to 5 - 7 bars with 
the Compression set to zero and a normal voice.  See the manual page 
28.  Best results are when you are kicking up to 7 bars on voice peaks.

73,
Don W3FPR

Jim Miller KG0KP wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
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>> The "ALC" meter on the K3 is not completely an indication of ALC - the
>> first 4 bars act more like a VU meter to tell you the audio level.  The
>> 5th bar indicates the start of ALC action.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>     
>
> I may be reading something into part of what you say, straighten me out.
>
> Is the ALC setting at 4-5 bars the "norm" for any mode other than "PSK"? 
> Should it be 4-5 for SSB and other modes as well???
>
> Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP 
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