I have also setup my radio with the w1aex procedure a few times with a heil GM-5 and have slightly weaker power output than I am expecting. Can I boost levels closer to 0dB with ok results? I haven't put much more time into it yet due to good audio reports, just wondering.
Charles Reiche N3CRT On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Ken Akin <[email protected]> wrote: > Randy - > > It is a measurement issue. Flex (and most power measurements) assume a > steady state signal (key down CW or FM). SSB is anything but so you > should never see anything like 100 watts. > > 73 > > Ken AC0HO > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM, RANDY DIDDEL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My 3000 arrived two days ago. It is on the air and working. With out of > > the box settings, audio reports were described as being muffled. I > > immediately started in with eq settings and fixed that by using the DVR > > function with a dummy load. Then I noticed that with drive at 100%, I was > > only getting about 40-60 watts out. I upped the mic gain(35) and checked > > the mixer levels (100%) as soon as I cracked the mic gain above 40, audio > > started to sound over driven and distorted and RF out only peaked at > about > > 75 watts. I also noticed with the Heil mic, the mixer slider must be > almost > > 90% or greater in order for the software to see any signal on the meters. > > > > > > So my question is EQ settings aside (subjective, I know), does anyone > have > > a Heil Proset 6 and could share their levels with me? I suspect I am off > > somewhere in the signal chain. Oh, and for reference, I found this > article > > and tried those instructions and lost power! > > > > > > http://www.w1aex.com/psdrgain/psdrgain.html > > > > I have spent hours Googling and tweaking the settings without luck. On > the > > plus side I am now very familiar with the UI. > > > > > > Thanks and 73 > > > > /randy > > > > Sent from my iPad. Please excuse my brevity. > > _______________________________________________ > > Flexedge mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > > used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other > > technical SDR topics. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other > technical SDR topics. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics.
