[Elecraft] New to Elecraft - help with audio settings

[john at kk9a.com]

I am trying to compare the Heil contest settings with yours, 5 and 6 are
not mentioned in your post.  The biggest difference seems to be Heil is
showing significant more boost at the top (3200Hz) and also you cut #3
(200Hz) more.

    HEIL  K9YC
1  -16    -16
2  -16    -16
3  -10    -16
4   -6     -6
5   +4      ?
6   +6      ?
7   +8     +5
8  +12     +5

73,
John KK9A

From: Jim Brown
Mon Apr 10 13:17:29 EDT 2017


I will repeat mine for contesting, DXing, and casual operation.

Three lowest bands maximum cut. Fourth band cut 6 dB. 3-6 dB boost of
top two bands.

Then get signal reports from a trained listener, who has his/her RX set
for wide IF bandwidth. Depending on your voice and the mic, that 4th
band may need more cut, and/or those top two bands may need more or less
boost.

AFTER EQ has been set, turn CMP down to zero and set mic gain per the
manual. THEN, with the display set to show Compression, increase CMP to
the point where you see about 10 dB of compression on voice peaks.

Why do I recommend the same settings for contesting, DX, and casual
operation? Because these settings increase talk power by nearly 13 dB,
equivalent to your 100W rig driving a 2kW amp, and your 10W radio like a
200W radio. That difference gets you 13 dB higher above QRM and noise,
and has the effect of minimizing the effects of QSB. For all those
reasons, it makes it easier for the other station to copy you, which
makes for a more pleasant QSO.

Why do I recommend so much bass cut? Because those low frequency sounds
amount to nearly half the total voice power but make no contribution to
speech intelligibility. They also include room noise, breath pops, and
mic handling noise. Getting rid of the lows nearly doubles talk power (3dB).