Thanks, Gary. I will study up on this. With my really hip (and very effective) headphones, the difference is quite pronounced. I too have always gotten “great audio” comments using the Heil with my about-to-be-sold TS-480HX and TS-480SAT, and I would run pretty full on compression in as full a fidelity as the unit would produce. It was often described as “punchy” and would always push through a pile-up. I fully get the idea that in major contesting, fidelity is not the concern — you wanna be heard. But can’t ya have it both ways without sounding “thin” and “tin-ee.”
David A., KC0XT > On Nov 11, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Gary - NC3Z <nc3z.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This has actually been a topic of several discussions on the KX3 Yahoo group. > If you look at the KX3 on a spectrum analyzer you will see that when the > compressor is turned on that the TX BW goes from about 2.8KHz to 2.4KHz. I > have asked Elecraft if there was a way for another option to be added if one > didn't want that narrow of a bandwidth. I unfortunately always get comments > that the audio is "pinched" when the compressor is on and many report they > hear me better without the compressor, although the audio is weaker. Opposite > of all my other radios where I always get unsolicited comments on the great > audio. > > Peter HB9PJT just posted on the KX3 group a great QEX article written by W9GR > about FlexRadio using Controlled Envelope Single Sideband in DSP producing > very effective speech and compression. In reading the article I kept thinking > how much greater the KX3 would be if they could implement this. Elecraft, is > this possible? Please? > > Gary Mitchelson > NC3Z Davidsonville, MD FM18 > NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15 > http://www.mitchelson.org/ > > On 11/11/2014 9:27 AM, David Ahrendts wrote: >> Feeling rather chuffed to have my Heil Gold Elite 5.1 mich and my Dr. Dre >> Beats ear buds with my KX3. Could run a disco! The Heil has very broad audio >> response for amateur radio which I prefer for casual com. I’ve noticed that >> a ll of that fidelity goes away when I invoke the audio compressor even at >> level 1. What’s actually happening when the compressor is turned on? Is the >> audio intentionally shaped differently? Highs and lows clipped off? >> >> David Ahrendts, KC0XT, LA >> >> >> >> David Ahrendts davidahren...@me.com >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to davidahren...@me.com David Ahrendts davidahren...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
