Howard, I am using a PR20 and am able to run my mic gain at about 20.
I use it on the FP set on H and the onboard preamp turned on ( press 7 ) BTW, I have tried several mics and use the Yamaha CM500 for DX'ing but for rag chewing the PR20 consistently generates the best reports. Rick K6LE On 9/13/2011, at 7:03 , Howard Ashcraft wrote: > I purchased a Heil PR20 microphone after comparing sound quality with > several other options. To my ear, it had a nice combination of clarity and > fullness. However, I am getting relatively low output from the mic and > consequently low drive to the K3/100. With the microphone configuration on > "hi" and with gain advanced fully (60), I have to speak fairly loudly to > drive the K3 to 60 watts measured on an LP100 wattmeter. Power output on CW > is the full 100w plus a little. I could design a small pre-amp stage to > boost the gain, but am wondering if I am overlooking something (or is it > common to use a pre-amp for this type of mic?) Howard W1WF ______________________________________________________________ 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
