I recently acquired a Kenwood MC-90 desk mic from a "for sale" list posted here. It's a great microphone, but with a VERY low output level. Even with MIC GAIN cranked all the way up to 60, it wouldn't move the ALC indicator unless I literally shouted into it. (Yes, I had selected "FP-H on the mic setup.)
Then I found the following in the K3 Operating Manual, page 52: For the front-panel mic only, tap [3] to turn on an additional gain stage. Use this only with very low-output mics. An apostrophe will appear after the H , e.g. H ’ . I rushed to try that. Result: "N/A". But....while fiddling around trying to find out why the [3] button wasn't doing what it was supposed to do, I more or less accidentally tapped the [7] button, and the magic apostrophe appeared after the H. And most importantly, I now have enough amplification for the Kenwood mic to be functional. It would seem that there are only two explanations for this: 1. The manual is wrong. 2. Bad firmware. Anybody know which answer is correct? I have no way to tell. Lew N6LEW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
