[Elecraft] KX3: CM500 best price/use with

[Jim Brown]

On 11/11/2017 7:35 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> It is not deficient in high end, it has an abundance of low end. If it 
> concerns you, attenuate the low end.  Never boost the high end. You'll 
> have better sounding audio. 

Exactly right. Virtually all mics should have the low end rolled off for 
use in a ham station. This will also help a lot with wind noise and with 
other noise in the shack. Go to TXEQ and start by setting the bottom 
three sliders to full cut (that is, -18 dB), and the fourth slider to 
cut at least 6 dB. Most mics benefit from 3-6 dB of boost on the two 
highest bands, but no more.

For directional mics like Bob is describing, you may want to cut the 
fourth band even more. This is the time to get signal reports from 
trained listeners. The objective is to have good, crisp vocal sounds, 
but with very little bass. Bass wastes transmitter power, makes speech 
harder to understand, and also boosts noise.

73, Jim K9YC