Ken,
Is the Monitor level too high?
Are you using speakers for the monitor audio? That will certainly cause
feedback because the mic will pick up sound from the speakers. You can
use headphones with high isolation.
I would suggest a better way to evaluate the microphone response is to
make a recording and then play it back. If you have the DVR installed,
that is a perfect tool for doing that recording. If no DVR, use the
monitor to send audio to your computer soundcard and record it with an
application like Audacity (an open source and free audio editor).
The intent of the monitor function is to give the user of headphones
some audio in the phones because it is easier than speaking into a
microphone without that acoustical reinforcement. For that purpose, it
does not have to represent the full audio response - but I agree it
should not be distorted by design.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/1/2016 5:31 PM, Ken Arck wrote:
Hi all
I've been trying to set up a couple different microphones with my K3s
and have noticed they all sound horrible using MONITOR but on another
radio, they sound good. Specifically, it doesn't take much level
before they sound distorted, and way too....."midrangy?" whereas
listening to it on 2 other local radios they sound fine.
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