Nate, Could this be alleviated when using a Turner +3 microphone. in the case of a soft spoken operator?
After reading your post I went and plugged the Turner in and immediately noticed a more "punchy" audio.. Does this sound right to you?..I am definitely guilty of speaking too softly..:-( 73's Gary On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: > You're absolutely correct, David. Some people are just reluctant to get > their diaphram into the act and speak with confidence, not just voice > volume. I know some folk who will speak at a good volume until they > grab the mic and then seem to drop 10 dB or so by speaking in almost a > hushed tone of voice. As amateur rigs generally don't use compression > amps in the mic circuits, a strong, confident voice level is essential > to modulating the radio correctly. I tell new ops to "belly up" to the > microphone as an SSB rig's power output is directly related to how well > they speak in the mic. Some seem to get it and others don't. > > Even on FM I have tried to tell ops to speak up which they will for a > bit and then lapse back into a whisper which is next to impossible to > copy in a noisy vehicle. > > 73, de Nate >> > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
