Re: [Elecraft] Bad tx audio.

2018-12-06 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
Define "crappy audio"? Distorted, thin, muffled, humm, buzz, noisy, scratchy, bassy ... Some could be radio adjustments, some could be component failure, some bad mike, some could be power supply, some could be power cables/connectors, and ? Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On

Re: [Elecraft] Bad tx audio.

2018-12-06 Thread Wes N7WS
Blown LPA, HPA one or both would be my guess. An all to common problem. Wes N7WS Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2018, at 5:20 PM, Dick Frey wrote: > > I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I > believe. > > I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I

Re: [Elecraft] Bad tx audio.

2018-12-06 Thread Fred Jensen
Define "lousy?" 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 12/6/2018 4:20 PM, Dick Frey wrote: I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I believe. I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I ran the K3 into a dummy load and listened to the tx

[Elecraft] Bad tx audio.

2018-12-06 Thread Dick Frey
I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I believe. I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I ran the K3 into a dummy load and listened to the tx signal on another receiver. The resulting signal was indeed crappy both with the mic and on recording. I reduced