[Elecraft] Am settings?

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

First, how have you determined that you will need EQ for AM? With the 
stock SSB filter you won't get AM to sound good.  And with the 6 kHz AM 
filter, that depends largely on the type of mike being used and your 
mike technique.   I  use the same mike and mike technique and EQ for SSB 
as I do for AM.   Yes there are separate EQ settings stored for SSB and 
for AM.   I use the 6 kHz filter for AM and get excellent audio reports.

I find the better way to evaluate ones audio is to use a 2nd receiver 
and record the audio from that receiver while transmitting into a dummy 
load.   I use Audacity as a free recording application.    Then playback 
and listen.  Judge for yourself what sounds good.  Others may have poor 
hearing, bad room acoustics, and no telling how their receiver is 
adjusted.   Don't bother to use headphones and the monitor system as it 
will not be true due to bone conduction of sound through ones head.   
{Radio guys use headphones to hear network cues and end of music or 
other program material, etc. and  not to listen to themselves.  Unless 
they have a giant ego. }

If you should ask on the air about your AM audio and EQ within an AM 
group, you'll receive as many comments as there are stations on the 
frequency plus 1.

73

Bob, K4TAX



On 7/12/2019 6:07 PM, Frank Krozel wrote:
> So let me start out by saying I am a CW guy but listen to the AM guys on the weekends.
> Reminds me of when I just got into ham radio back in 1968. They guys were on 1805 here in Chicago area.
>
> I have not yet bought the 13kHz filter so I am strapped with what I have in it now, stock.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to set-up the transmit  TX EQ for AM?
>
> As I understand it, the EQ set-ups are specific for SSB and AM, separately.
>
> I have SSB set-up where I have presence but just cannot get AM to sound good.
>
> de Frank KG9H
>