[Elecraft] K3 with Heil HC-5

[Tom W8JI]

Isn't there a high and low gain setting, besides just the 
numerical gain??
:-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart" <stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk>
To: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm at telia.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 with Heil HC-5


> Maybe I'm loosing my voice as well as my memory with 
> age...
>
> Stewart G3RXQ
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:40:03 +0200, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>> If I would set mic gain to 22 with my HC5 I would 
>> overmodulate.
>> In my case gain 12 and comp 25 is just fine, however it 
>> might
>> differ with how one sets the TX EQ. With this setting I 
>> get
>> "full PEP" power.
>>
>> / Jim SM2EKM
>> ------------------
>> On 2010-06-04 10:28, Stewart wrote:
>>> Same here.
>>> HC-5, Mic Gain 22, Comp 24 then tweak TX eq to suit 
>>> voice.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Stewart G3RXQ
>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT), John Lawrence 
>>> wrote:
>>>> I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB 
>>>> TX
> audio.
>>> It was after spending the time to determine that this 
>>> was the
>>> right answer for the K3.
>>>>
>>>> The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own 
>>>> voice to
>>> give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I 
>>> get
> asked
>>> what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain 
>>> setting:19
>>> Compression setting: 24
>>>>
>>>> Good luck
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> John, W!QS
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