Regarding the Gate on K3... This is no longer the case. And the issue that KA9ZAP describes is a mic pattern issue, not a gate issue.
The gate now has great hysterisis on release and is extremely smooth ramping the audio. It has none of the nervous hunting it used to have. And the issues with autonotch and distortion have been fixed, as far as I know. I have a very noisy shack, with hard reflecting walls (Im in the garage) and using TXGATE with my amp on, at 18, it is as good as any RDL, Aphex or dBX professional audio gating product I have ever used. As far as the Equalizer, I like Julius' products, they work well for the average ham. But this rig doesnt need the help. I tweak the W2IHY gear at NQ4I for phone contests (Rick's 20, 40 and 10m run stations using Orions are all W2IHY processed). At home, I previously had a rack full of Behringer and dBX gear. It now sits idle. I dont need it anymore. With the Yamaha CM500 boomset, gate, "CMP" and EQ in the rig, I find that K3 audio is 99.5% perfect for my needs. Be advised that mic placement and mic technique goes a long way to maximizing the audio within this rig. It likes consistent input levels for good modulation depth. Dont be afraid to light up all the lights on the CMP meter so that the last one only flickers. I keep CMP below 25 and with my CM500 and voice, Mic Gain at no more than 30...YMMV. The rig can make most any mic and voice sound great all by itself. And Im rather picky... Lu Romero - W4LT (currently /VE3) K3 - P3 - K1 =========================== Message: 10 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:16:56 -0500 From: Art Nienhouse <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 with the w2ihy audio gear To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Scott I have been using Julius 8 band box since he first came out with it and still have it driving K3. The main reason is the noise gate is better than the gate in the K3, the gate in the K3 needs to have more canceling on the back ground noise I can literally watch tv with the volume low four foot from the mic and talk on the radio with out the tv audio coming in over my voice, and its easier / faster to turn off the audio effects or change the gate as well. It will surly killed the amplifier fan noise as well used to chase grids on 144 mHz the Command II fan was very noisy the Julius box gate fixed that problem. I use the ATR 30 which I bought for $22 a few years ago and it came with a 16 ft cable XLR to 1/4 in plug , I have a GOLDLINE PRO as well the only difference is the PRICE. Regards Art ka9zap ______________________________________________________________ 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
