I would look closely at the ALC level and the CMP level to see that the
new mike, which has more output, is not driving things into
saturation. Likewise, as Jim, K9YC says, use the TX EQ to get rid of
some of the low end, thus not to suck up power which is not heard on the
other end. And check to see that the mike is not over driving the
input stage. If your MIC gain is less than about 20 and the menu is
set for higher gain, then set the gain to a lower value per the menu and
adjust the MIC gain for a higher value to attain correct ALC action of 5
to 7 bars. See page 22 and 30 in the manual.
These radios really sound GREAT when all is adjusted correctly.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 10/10/2018 1:10 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
My 30 year old heil element finally bit
the dust. I bought an Elecraft MH4
hand-held mic and am trying to get it
adjusted.
I checked in with a local net and was told
there is a kind of clipping on my words,
like the ends of some word were being cut
off. Another report said it sounded more
like there was an artificial sound
in-between the syllables, that it wasn't
on the peaks but noted in the the troughs,
perhaps a bit of clicking in there.
I don't hear any difficulties with the
monitor, everything sounds like normal
words with no distortion. I'm not using
VOX and have no idea what I might try
looking at to resolve this.
As to the equalizing of the MH4, is there
a set of values with the 8 bands to give
it more of a character of a Heil HC4
element or something well suited for DX?
Any suggestions on the clipping & Mic TX
EQ & what I might try doing to resolve
this?
73,
Gary
KA1J
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