Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-24 Thread Bill Johnson
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150 I use a Heil GM5 mic, with the gain and compression adjusted so my lips have to be almost touching the windscreen to drive the rig. When a fan blower from a big amp is going right underneath the rig, there is a limit to gain and compression adjustments that can

Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-24 Thread Tim Tucker
I use a Heil GM5 mic, with the gain and compression adjusted so my lips have to be almost touching the windscreen to drive the rig. When a fan blower from a big amp is going right underneath the rig, there is a limit to gain and compression adjustments that can be made to get rid of that much

Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-24 Thread Jim Brown
On 6/24/2021 6:48 AM, Tim Tucker wrote: Downward Expander is the most valuable, That can reduce room noise you transmit in a noisy shack, especially if you've set compression too high, or work too far from your mic. Using a boom mic headset like the Yamaha CM500, that puts the mic a couple

Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-24 Thread Tim Tucker
Downward Expander is the most valuable, phase inversion (on the iPlus) on AM (when needed), and I've found that the compressor just works better (at least on the K3). There are other minor interesting features, but the reader can do their own feature comparison On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM

Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-23 Thread Jim Brown
On 6/23/2021 11:57 AM, Tim Tucker wrote: the other features the EQPlus brings to the table are hard to beat. Like what? 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-23 Thread Tim Tucker
Your comments about the EQ are interesting to me. I continue to use a W2IHY audio stack into my K3, because while the 8 band EQ works well in the K3, the other features the EQPlus brings to the table are hard to beat. As I wait for delivery of my K4, one of my ponderings is if I will finally be

Re: [Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-23 Thread Wayne Burdick
Our pleasure, Thaire. Thanks for the report. Feel free to email me directly if you have unanswered questions about K4 operation. I'm continuously improving the built-in operating manual. 73, Wayne N6KR > On Jun 23, 2021, at 10:14 AM, Thaire Bryant wrote: > > I tried to post this to

[Elecraft] K4D #150

2021-06-23 Thread Thaire Bryant
I tried to post this to groups.II but realized that I Ahmed up with my Arrl alias. I’ve had this one for two weeks and learn something new every day. Having had a K3 for 10 years and a K3S for over two years (Along with K2s, K1s and all the “Xs”) a lot is intuitive but I still have to dig to