[Elecraft] Mic Settings

[john at kk9a.com]

I adjusted the TX equalizer per K9YC's recommendations and listened to
myself and I thought that I had this resolved.  Today I received unsoiled
complaints that my audio was clipping at the top.  One person even sent me a
video. I tried changing the high EQ settings and the mic and compression
settings and the issue exists. I tried the back mic jack and was told that
it may have made an improvement but the clipping still exists.  Reducing the
power had no effect.  For those that asked, FLTX SB is FL1 (2.80)

John KK9A - P40A


-----Original Message-----
From: john at kk9a.com [mailto:john at kk9a.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 15:52
To: 'elecraft at mailman.qth.net'
Subject: Mic Settings

I know this subject has come up many times.  I brought my new K3S to Aruba
and it's my first time using it on SSB.  Before my trip I listened to myself
on another radio and thought that I had the settings figured out, but now I
have some doubts. Yesterday on 15m I received a comment that I was hard to
zero beat on SSB.  Thinking it could be RFI, I switched from the small
Powerwerx power supply to an old Astron and added some ferrites to the mic.
Today I was on 10m a little and asked a couple of people how my audio was,
one said basey and one said high.  I am using a Heil HC-4 element with no
equalizer settings, mic 30 compression 18.  I wonder what setting other
contestors are using with this element.

John KK9A - P40A