[Elecraft] k3:TX Monitor-some odd sound -beta?

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 3 May 2010 13:56:54 -0400, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:

>You're expecting hi-fi whistling into a mic?  Not many voice mikes
>will tolerate whistling and are already into distortion in the element
>at that point. 

This could be true of an electret (the FET impedance converter can clip), 
but it is next to impossible to overload a dynamic mic. In the vast 
majority of cases, it is the INPUT STAGE that is being overloaded and 
clipping.  

I suspect that most of the artifacts being heard in this example beyond 
simple distortion are simply aliasing of the A/D converter. 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC