Mike, That sounds like you have your MIC SEL menu set for "H" - try tapping the "1" button to change it to "L" so you can set your mic gain higher (and gives you more range). I don't know if it will help your noise, but it would explain the difference between your setting of 9 and the other fellow's 30. BTW, mine is set at 38 for the Elecraft MD2.
73, Don W3FPR Mike wrote: > This afternoon, chatting with a couple of locals on 6M, they mentioned I > had some > noise on my signal. One said it sounded like a radio in the background, the > other > characterized it as a loud hiss, with some intermittent high pitched blurbs. > > I disconnected the computer(RS232 & audio IO) and external speakers, and the > noise > was still there. I turned on the monitor and could hear it. > > I'm using a Yamaha CM500 connected to the back panel. One of the guys was > using a K3, > and he commented that he was using the Elecraft hand mic, and his mic gain > was set at > 30. Mine was set at 9, which gave me 8/9 bars on the ALC meter(ooooops). A > gain > setting of 1 gives me the desired 5 bars. Now the monitor sounds like mild > atmospheric noise, with a slight static burst every now and then. > > Is the CM500 that hot? Where else could the noise be coming from? Does the > monitor > pick up from received signals, or just the mic? > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
