Jim, a few questions on your settings. 1. Do you have a high, mid or low pitch voice? Mine tends to be mid to high. 2. What mic are you using? Have the Antlion condenser ModMike 4
Given these parameters, is there any changes you would suggest? I realize I have to test this myself and get some feedback on quality and punch but if you had any thoughts I'd appreciate hearing them. Thanks and 73, Pete, W1RM -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New to Elecraft - help with audio settings I strongly disagree with Heil's recommended settings. I will repeat mine for contesting, DXing, and casual operation. Three lowest bands maximum cut. Fourth band cut 6 dB. 3-6 dB boost of top two bands. Then get signal reports from a trained listener, who has his/her RX set for wide IF bandwidth. Depending on your voice and the mic, that 4th band may need more cut, and/or those top two bands may need more or less boost. AFTER EQ has been set, turn CMP down to zero and set mic gain per the manual. THEN, with the display set to show Compression, increase CMP to the point where you see about 10 dB of compression on voice peaks. Why do I recommend the same settings for contesting, DX, and casual operation? Because these settings increase talk power by nearly 13 dB, equivalent to your 100W rig driving a 2kW amp, and your 10W radio like a 200W radio. That difference gets you 13 dB higher above QRM and noise, and has the effect of minimizing the effects of QSB. For all those reasons, it makes it easier for the other station to copy you, which makes for a more pleasant QSO. Why do I recommend so much bass cut? Because those low frequency sounds amount to nearly half the total voice power but make no contribution to speech intelligibility. They also include room noise, breath pops, and mic handling noise. Getting rid of the lows nearly doubles talk power (3dB). 73, Jim K9YC On Mon,4/10/2017 6:02 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Follow the manual for setting gain and compression plus look at Heil's > suggestions for the equalizer: > https://heilsound.com/heil-amateur-radio/support/dsp-settings/all-thin > gs-elecraft/ ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
