Hi all, Not being a particularly active ham on SSB, I have toyed with it a bit on K2 4490 but bought the MD-2 mic and figured I would 'tune' the BFO to give me decent audio. I got a couple of 'horrible audio' reports which also drove the decision.
I tested the BFO setting using an Orion fed into my computer so I could record and listen to myself as I tuned. I had to remove the coax and set the attenuator on the orion to keep the signal under S9 (I do have a K2/100). Trying to adjust the LSB setting on 40m, I honestly could not find a setting that was not very hollow and a bit tinny. It was very interesting seeing how senstive the audio was to theBFO setting, a slight adjustment could really mean a big difference. After achieving unsatisfactory result, I glumly did the USB setting on 20 meters. Oddly enough, it was almost spot on with the original setting and I believe yields decent (if not great) audio. I also noticed (without any scientific basis!) that I had to tune about 300-400 Hz low on LSB to achieve the best audio while on 20m it was again spot on with the frequency display of the K2. Any clues as to what could cause LSB to sound pretty bad while USB sound decent? Thanks Neal k3nc _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
