[Elecraft] The RIGHT way is to adjust COMP

[Bob McGraw]

Start with COMP at 0, adjust the MIC gain while speaking normal voice to 
attain 5 to 6 bars {no more} as indicated on the ALC meter.  Then adjust 
the COMP for a value to indicate about 10 on voice peaks.

For those that believe in using the "I turned it up a little bit, now 
how does that sound?" approach, ..... forget it.  Set it correctly as 
described above  and it will sound great.   There is a right way to do 
this.   Anything else is flying by the seat of your pants.

If you desire to have it sound different, then twiddle the EQ values 
until your hearts content.   After doing so, you may need to reset the 
MIC and COMP levels to be correct.

I much prefer to listen to my signal on a remote SDR and record my 
signal on the SDR site. Then listen to it in my shack on my speakers.  
Then I know HOW MY SIGNAL SOUNDS.   That's what is important.   I make 
adjustments from there.

As to others, they can adjust their receivers, their speakers, their 
hearing aids and a host of other things that will make ones signal 
sound......err, many different ways.  So which one of the "many 
different ways" is best?  Likely none of them.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 6/29/2022 8:59 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:10:17 -0700
> From: Jim Brown<jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To:elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Ham Qualifications, Customer Service
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> On 6/29/2022 9:39 AM, Ed Cole wrote:
>> Note on SSB compression, I've run at 20 with no complaints of distortion
>> or splatter.
> Dial readout is the WRONG way to set compression -- it's meaningless.
> The RIGHT way is to adjust COMP for a METER reading of 10 dB on voice
> peaks.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC

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