[Elecraft] Settings for CM500 on K3?

[Bill Conkling]

I just re-checked my K3, and I am set to "MENU/MIC SEL=rP.l biAS", MIC Gain
knob is 17, CMP is 22.  I have the first 3 sliders in the TX EQUAL most of
the way down (-12 to -16) and the top 2 up maybe +3.

When I had an external LDG tuner with an analog meter, it would read low
output, but when I switched to one of the newer models with the LED power
indicator, it hits 80 to 100 watts consistently.  Pretty well matches the
power indicator on the K3 panel.  I get 7-8 bars of Audio/ALC and 10+ on the
Compressions scale.  I'm getting good audio reports from contacts.

...bc

-----Original Message-----
From: D. R. Evans [mailto:doc.evans at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:20 AM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Settings for CM500 on K3?

Don Wilhelm said the following at 09/13/2010 07:57 PM :

> 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.
> 

That is exactly what I did, since that's what the manual says to do.
Everything looks and sounds fine on the K3 itself. It's when I look at the
external PEP meter that the problem becomes obvious.

  Doc  N7DR

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