[Elecraft] Mic Settings

[Don Wilhelm]

John,

Have you set the mic gain properly?  If so, it should not clip.
You can do it in TX TEST mode so you do not bother your ham neighbors.

First set the Compression to zero (important).
Then set the MIC GAIN to produce 6 to 7 bars on the ALC meter - that is 
also important.
After that, set the compression as you desire.  You *can* do that by 
listening to the MONitor if you are using a headset.

Do it all in the order specified, and you should have good audio. Just 
playing around with the gain and compression settings may not produce 
the results you want.

My guess is that you are running with too much compression (and perhaps 
too little mic gain), and that could sound like 'clipping' on the far 
end of the QSO.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/22/2015 6:34 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> 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)
>
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