On 10/29/2010 3:33 AM, Pete Smith wrote: > I am currently setting compression at 22,
You do NOT set compression by looking at that number. Rather, you set compression by ADJUSTING the compression control until the METER indicates the desired amount of compression on speech peaks. A good setting for contesting and DXing is about 10 dB. If you're getting reports that your audio is thin, that's an EQ issue, not a compression issue. BUT -- the best way to evaluate EQ is to have the other station listen with their RX set to a wide IF bandwidth. For contesting, we generally WANT our audio to be at least a bit "thin" -- we don't want to waste TX power on the lower octaves, which don't contribute to intelligibility. I just went through those adjustments yesterday with N6GQ, who was setting up his K3 for a single-op at YN4AA for CQWW SSB this weekend. I listened to him, and he did the same for me. He started out with the FOUR lowest bands at maximum cut, and it sounded too thin. We brought the fourth band up to zero, and it wasn't quite enough bass cut, but it sounded right on his voice with about 6dB of cut on that band. This was with my IF set wide. Then I narrowed my IF to 1.8 kHz, and he sounded thin. He SHOULD sound thin to a station using a 1.8 kHz filter, so we left it there. My voice sounded best to him with the three lowest bands at max cut, and the fourth band set to zero (flat). Hope this helps. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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
