Hi all, I have an early serial number K2 which has been upgraded to the latest mods as of maybe nine months ago.
I purchased from Elecraft the Heil headset subsequent to the mods, after my $2 computer headset wore out. I use the K2 every day on a 75 meter traffic net. Have had reports of soft audio. Crisp, but with low modulation. This is from several, all running zillion watt radios. The ALC only shows one bar on voice peaks unless I speak unnaturally loudly, then it may hit 2 or very rarely 3 bars. Same with any other mike. Am running SSBA-3, SSBC-3 On air tests say SSBC-2 sounds better locally with strong signals, but SSBC-3 sounds better in crowded 75 meter evening QSOs. Have experimented, and never see more than one or two ALC bars. Question -- is this normal? Radio seems to be perfect otherwise, and I get a kick relaying two KW stations to each other on a net who can't hear each other, when I keep my power down to 5 watts to qualify as QRP. I found a mic preamp kit I had bought a good while back from someone. Don't have it in front of me. Small PC board which mounts on the back of the mic header. Would that help/is it necessary? Seems the Elecraft/Heil headset should drive the thing properly. I normally am soft spoken, and I can key the VOX reliably if I remember to speak up. If I don't, it will drop before I want it to, with the delay set at one second. I never use VOX but thought it might provide useful info. Any inputs appreciated. Tks ... Steve WA3SWS K2 s/n 661 ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
