You may need to update your manual... You should be shooting for only 5-7 bars of ALC. Also make sure that you have compression off when trying to adjust these settings.
You can find a copy of the latest manual here: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K3_Owner%27s_Manual_Rev_D7sm.pdf Once there take a look at page 28... ~Brett (N7MG) On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Jim Hoge <knowk...@verizon.net> wrote: > I am need of guidance on all things voice. I have used my K3 (#1816) for some > time now but only on cw. With the 6m openings, I decided to put a mic on the > radio and promptly ran into problems. I cannot get the mic gain high enough > to reach 8 bars per the manual. I can only get close if the mic gain is > maxed, the compression is maxed, the menu gain is toggled to the high level, > and I shout. I have tried both a hand mic wired through the front panel and > an Heil PR-20 wired through the rear panel. I have not played with eq at all > yet but I have noticed that there is no mic output unless there is some > compression. No compression equals no output. Your help is greatly > appreciated. It's probably operator error but I'm too close to see the > problem. > > 73, > Jim W5QM > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
