[Elecraft] [K3] How much compression for contest use?

[Mike]

Pete,

FWIW, I use 20 no matter what (Yamaha mic). Since the settings depend so much on the 
characteristics of your voice and those of the mic, what others use is IMHO largely 
irrelevant.

73, Mike NF4L

On 10/29/2010 6:33 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
> I am setting up for a couple of phone contests this fall.  With the
> Yamaha headset through a sound card to the line input on the K3 I am
> currently setting compression at 22, which gives me occasional
> excursions on the CMP meter to around 8.  A small sampling says it
> sounds fine but "a little thin."
>
> What CMP setting do you use in contests?
>