[Elecraft] Settings for CM500 on K3?

[Don Wilhelm]

  Doc,

I would strongly suggest you do the microphone setup to match your K3 
rather than someone else's settings.  The settings will depend on how 
you talk into the mic, so this is an individual setting.
First turn the compression to zero, then increase the mic gain until you 
see 6 to 7 bars on the ALC meter.
Than add compression as you like.

You can do all that in TEST mode.  When adding compression, you can 
listen to yourself on the monitor.

Try it and see what happens - I suspect you are not hitting the ALC hard 
enough.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/13/2010 9:38 PM, D. R. Evans wrote:
> I don't use SSB much, but I just bought the much-recommended Yamaha CM500
> for those occasions when I venture up to that end of the bands.
>
> Trouble is, after following the instructions on p. 28 of the K3 operating
> manual, along with K7YC's suggestions in e-mail
> <20100908054102.5A05A58577 at gw1.nlenet.net>, my PEP meter says I'm running
> about 30W PEP output. So I've obviously done something wrong.
>
> Could some kind soul who has the CM500 on a 100W K3 post the exact settings
> they are using to get ~100W output (as measured by an external PEP meter)?
>