Don, Thanks for the advice. I did the alignment with Spectrogram. A few of the filters were off, and I corrected them. However, it didn't make much difference in improving SSB intelligibility. I then realized that the KDSP2 might be introducing artifacts to the audio. I turned the denoiser off, and the audio was much better, but the noise was unbearable. I was gong to play with the various settings, when I remembered there were many differing opinions on how to set them up properly, and I think the conclusion was that the factory settings should be used. Did I recall correctly? If that's the case, can you share them with me? I might have mucked them up a long time ago. 73, Dan KF4KKF ________________________________________ From: Don Wilhelm [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2018 2:04 PM To: Pawlak, Daniel L; [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Elecraft] K2 audio problem
Dan, Align the IF filters. I have no idea what may have made them change, unless you tried to do a Master Reset which would change the filter settings back to factory defaults, which only work well in a few K2s. It is best if you use an audio spectrum analyzer running on your computer to see where the filter passband is located in the audio spectrum. Information on how to set up Spectrogram can be found on Tom Hammond's (N0SS, now SK) website which has been preserved at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mmccs.com_mmarc_n0ss_k2-5Ffilters-5Fusing-5Fgram-5Fv5r17.pdf&d=DwICaQ&c=YC-d702opsuYKpiO2Bmlzg&r=kP1njbluGgLcMdyEofM_F-lOGeRxHPEzfZ061VLXuAc&m=Sf-V4Vad14JSlM60ZznWp6L217ZRrXQqyxHStbeBmgY&s=3poR3hBdK3n1-SXX_YitFbw26l5srWNxRxpeNqfoCwE&e=. If you need a copy of Spectrogram, go to my website https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.w3fpr.com&d=DwICaQ&c=YC-d702opsuYKpiO2Bmlzg&r=kP1njbluGgLcMdyEofM_F-lOGeRxHPEzfZ061VLXuAc&m=Sf-V4Vad14JSlM60ZznWp6L217ZRrXQqyxHStbeBmgY&s=lXG8j1NvNQy33wPnljdeJS8T7K4Aape696X1oRpqDfY&e= and scroll near the bottom of the opening page. There you will find links to Spectrogram version 5.17 and version 16. These files are local to my website. If you did a Master Reset, also refer to the K2 dial Calibration article on my website. You will have to do a CAL PLL in addition to the filter alignment (CAL FIL). Advice to all - do not do a K2 Master Reset unless you first record ALL your menu settings, including the Filter settings. The first few pages of the K2 A to B upgrade instructions has instructions for recording all you menu settings. Restore them after a Master Reset. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/22/2018 1:36 PM, Pawlak, Daniel L wrote: > I'm having trouble figuring out what's wrong with my K2 (serial 3957). It's > been a very long time since I turned it on and now the audio sounds horrible. > It sounds like it's muffled or like I'm listening to the speaker at the end > of a long tube. High frequencies seem to be diminished. I've started doing an > alignment, but have not found anything wrong so far. Any ideas on how to fix > this problem? > Thanks. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
