[Yaesu] Microphone question

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Turning up the microphone gain so the ALC controls the output power 
makes for compression, the more ALC indicated the greater the compression.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 1/30/2019 6:45 AM, Ron Youvan wrote:
>   Kurt KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
>
>> "So far I have always used the stock hand mic with the FT100D. Are
>> their other mics that increase the audio punch, making it easier to be
>> heard or to break through pileups? Do desk mics usually work better?
>> Any recommendations on the best mic to get increased audio punch on
>> the FT100D?"
>
> I think it was the CB operators that first discovered (and ignored)
> the fact that compression in the audio domain increases the distortion
> as much as the compression, good rigs compress in the RF domain or
> digitally making all distortion inaudible.
>
> I have noticed that most HAM net control operators that began as CB
> operators will tell everybody not to use speech compression, but when I
> had mine turned up very high (on my FT-990) they never complained.
> (the FT-990 uses RF speech compression)