> K3 #98 is working well. Has anyone found the right settings > of Mic Gain (Hi/Lo?), Comp, VOX Gain, and VOX delay for the > Heil HC4 element?
Search the archives for the post I made following SS Phone on this exact topic (Subject: K3 in SS Phone) on 19 November 2007. Here is the paragraph relevant to your query: On transmit, I used a Heil headset with the HC4 element that is shaped for punch in crowded and/or weak signal conditions, rather than hi-fidelity. I set the K3 TX equalizer with the bottom three bands (50, 100 and 200) at -16dB, the 2.4kHz at +2dB and 3.2kHz at +4dB. Adding more at the high end is not generally needed with this mic element but my natural voice is weighted low in frequency so a bit more high emphasis is crisper. Compression was set to max at 30 and a lot of testing was done at other settings to determine that no ill effects were heard at the higher settings. However, signal quality was sensitive to Mic level. I found that when the Mic level was increased such that the K3's CMP meter kicked up above 10dB that clipping of voice peaks occurred. This is a bit backward from how one would normally adjust Mic and CMP, but it worked much better to ignore the ALC meter and just watch CMP when running the compressor wide open. Mic level was 15 on the 'L' range for both K3s. 73, Ed - W0YK _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
