[Elecraft] K3 power out and displaying bar graphs...

[oz6abm at qsl.net]

Hi

 

I have a K3 running through a KPA500.

I had a QSO and the guy told me my audio was horrific.

The only way I made it acceptable for him and others was dropping my Compression and Mic gain to much lower values, that is 10 for each.

I know I have a low tone in my voice, so I expected the Compression to be much higher, but they say it causes a howling sound on their side.

 

Furthermore, when using the KPA500 for say 300 W PEP I set the PWR to 20 watts. This has the effect that there is basically no deflection on the RF bar scale.

In fact, I can set it to 80 without deflection.

 

Is there some way to get these values recalibrated? I have tried two different MH2 microphones without any difference.

 

Thanks 

Robin

OZ6ABM/5P5R