Re: [Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver

2008-06-03 Thread Ahti Aintila
>>> On 6/3/08, Brian C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >>> That said, everyone knows wider bandwidths should not be employed on very crowded amateur bands, nonetheless, the key to intelligibility and fidelity is b a n d w i d t h. Hi all, Actually, IARU recommends max. bandwidth

Re: [Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver audio without EQ

2008-06-03 Thread Dudley Hurry
Ed, Most microphone need some help, on the lower end. You can use the internal EQ, the 3 band is usually sufficient, but if you use the 10 band, you might try pulling down the 125 and 250 range, usually right around 160 is where most of the muddy sound comes from. Also try brining up th

Re: [Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver

2008-06-03 Thread Jeff Anderson
Not that it matters, but the 92/93 mentioned below really should be 02/03. My, how time flies! - Jeff Jeff Anderson wrote: > Interestingly, one of the primary reasons why the Polycom white paper > (see previous postings) was written was that it was to be a sales tool > to help explain to cust

Re: [Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver

2008-06-03 Thread Jeff Anderson
Interestingly, one of the primary reasons why the Polycom white paper (see previous postings) was written was that it was to be a sales tool to help explain to customers why they should purchase Polycom's VTX-1000 speakerphone (which was introduced sometime in the 92/93 time-frame, but I've for

Re: [Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver

2008-06-03 Thread Scott McClements
I apologize in advance for getting sucked into this hot topic. I think there is merit to both side of the argument, but I think the future must be developing digital modes that will allow digital voice with a natural sounding frequency response. In other words we need to cram 6Khz of audio (or more

Re: [Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver

2008-06-03 Thread Brian C
> audio without EQ> > Any thoughts? >Edwin MarzanAB2VW According to hams on both sides of the issue, bandwidth is both the problem and the cure, but you can't argue with the modern science of sound, based on almost 80 years of solid research since those outdated telephone studies were created:

[Flexradio] The inherent muddiness of typical amateur transceiver audio without EQ

2008-06-02 Thread Edwin Marzan
Greetings all, A couple of days ago I used my Heil PR20 to record a voice over for a video I was working on. When I played back the recording I was shocked to hear how clear and natural my voice sounded with the PR20. There was no EQ or processing applied to the audio, just the mike plugged s