[Kenwood] Kenwood TS850 - improved audio quality and reduced output

[Peter Ravn]

After having replaced the HC5 microphone with the ATR30 by Audio Technica,   the audio quality of my Kenwood TS850S has improved considerably. As before I use the W2IHY 8 band equalizer and the EQ Plus by W2IHY, and the settings on the equalizers are on the whole as with the HC5. Only the processor gain and mike gain on the transceiver have been increased from 9 to 10 o'clock.
While audio quality has improved, output has gone down from 100 to about 85 watt. No matter what I do, it is impossible to reach the magic 100 watt on the ALC meter. Most surprisingly of all, the output from the equalizers to the transceiver are higher with the ATR30 than with the HC5. So where do the extra15 watt disappear into?

Thanks once again
OZ8CTH/Peter
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