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 ______________________________________________________________ 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]

