Greg, > It will change to 1-bar as the desired setting. For now, you > can adjust it for 4 bars. If you cannot get 4 bars 3 is still > OK.
If Lyle specifically said, "We recommend setting the Mic (or LINE IN) Gain so you get 5 bars of ALC, with possibly the 6th bar occasionally flickering..." why would you recommend 1 bar? With the current firmware, power output and "ALC" is very stable at five bars. If the Line In level is significantly below the five bar level, I see significant "hunting" or motorboating of the ALC and some variability (above and beyond the content related variation inherent in PSK31) of the output power. 73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / S > > > Joe, > > I have to change the operating tips page. It was done prior > to a major ALC > change. I was waiting for another update as Lyle is changing > the ALC meter > feedback. It will change to 1-bar as the desired setting. > For now, you can > adjust it for 4 bars. If you cannot get 4 bars 3 is still OK. > > 73 > Greg > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Planisky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 4:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power too high in PSK31 / S > > > > Now I don't know what to believe. In Lyle's April 6 post, he says: > > > >> We recommend setting the Mic (or LINE IN) Gain so you get > 5 bars of > >> ALC, with possibly the 6th bar occasionally flickering... > > > > Yet, on the "K3 Operating Tips" page of the Elecraft web > site, in the > > section about "Setting up your K3 for PSK" it says: > > > >> Use the MIC control to set the drive level so that your output is > >> equal or just below what you dialed in ... You should not > see any ALC > >> bars on the K3 display (when set to CMP/ALC). > > > > Rev D1 of the operating manual seems to agree with Lyle in that it > > says: > > > >> You can use the same procedure outlined for voice modes (pg. 28) > >> except that speech compression should not be used. [Pg. > 28]: adjust > >> MIC for a peak ALC meter indication of about 5-7 bars. > > > > If the operating tip on the web site is wrong, it ought to be > > corrected or removed. > > > > 73 > > -- > > Joe KB8AP > > > > > > On Oct 4, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > > >> Richard and all, > >> > >> If you look back to Lyle Johnson's reflector posting of > April 6, you > >> will find the following: (plus other good information > about setting > >> up data modes. > >> > >> "In this case, the ALC meter display is acting as a "VU > Meter" and is > >> being used to help you set the Tx audio path gain > correctly. It is > >> not showing you how much you are over-driving the PA. This is why > >> you can set it up in Tx test mode, when you are not > transmitting any > >> RF at all. " > >> > >> Additional information can be found in Rev D of the K3 > user's manual > >> on page 32. > >> > >> 73, > >> Don W3FPR > >> > >>> _______________________________________________ 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
