[Elecraft] [K3] Lack of audio punch

[Don Wilhelm]

  Barry,

How far up is the ALC meter "kicking".  It should be showing 5 to 7 
bars.  If it is lower than that, go back to the beginning and adjust 
your mic gain - first set compression to zero, then set TX TEST so you 
don't bother others on the air, and adjust the mic gain until you 
illuminate ALC to 5 to 7 bars with normal speech.  Then add compression 
as you wish (you can use the monitor to judge that).

With the MH2, there is already some high frequency peaking, so you may 
do well to set all of the TX EQ bands to 0 except for the two lowest 
bands.  No guarantees, but it is worth a try.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/20/2011 5:06 PM, Barry wrote:
> Hi all,
> I listened to my QSOs with GW4BLE in the ARRL DX SSB test via his web
> applet (very cool!) at http://gw4ble.dxlist.co.uk/index.php
>
> IMO,  my audio lacks punch.  I'm using the MH-2 mic with comp at 26. TX
> EQ settings: -16 -16 -12 0 0 +6 +6 +4.
>
> Any thoughts on how to improve the punch?
>
> My callsign was pre-recorded and stored in the K3 DVR.  When listening
> thru the MON, live audio sounds much better than the DVR playback of my
> callsign.  Does recorded audio in the DVR go through the TX EQ filters
> either when recorded or during playback?  How about compression?
>
> Tnx,
> Barry W2UP
>
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