Hi Jim,

There's always room for improvement, and thanks for your observations. In 
general I defer to your audio expertise. 

Perhaps, as in the past, you and I can debate the finer points over a bottle of 
red at Visalia. Meanwhile, here's how it currently works:

- The CMP knob establishes an upper bound on the compression algorithm (0-30 
dB). 

- When you speak, the CMP shows you whether the mic gain is sufficient to fully 
hit the desired level. 

- Typically this happens when ALC is in the vicinity of 4 or 5 bars.

This is consistent with all of our transceivers, and as far as I know it has 
proven effective and easy to use. Just crank CMP to the desired level and shoot 
the fish in the barrel.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


> On Jun 29, 2022, at 1:10 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 6/29/2022 9:39 AM, Ed Cole wrote:
>> Note on SSB compression, I've run at 20 with no complaints of distortion or 
>> splatter.
> 
> Dial readout is the WRONG way to set compression -- it's meaningless. The 
> RIGHT way is to adjust COMP for a METER reading of 10 dB on voice peaks.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC



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