Aloha, I built my new K3 SN 469 over last weekend and I have been having a lot of fun with it on CW, but I'm still not sure that I have it configured properly for SSB. I have the latest firmware, I am using a Proset-K2, and I have the mic input set for front panel, high gain, and bias on. I have configured the filters and I have done ref cal by zero beat with WWVH.
When I try to do the mic gain, compression, and ALC setting steps on manual page 26, I find that while the ALC attack is very fast, the decay is very slow. So I speak into the microphone and get my 6 ALC bars immediately, then it takes maybe 3-4 seconds for the bars to slowly disappear. Is this normal? I haven't found a front panel mic gain and compression combination yet that gives me what looks like a normal bounce on my power meter. I must be missing something in the configuration. I haven't tried it on the air yet; I will recruit some local help later in the week to give me a listen. And concerning the ref cal. I did get the 1 ppm reference, and I tried to follow the ref cal steps on page 47, "method 3" but when I tap 1 according to the instructions the display doesn't change at all. Is this method not implemented yet? thanks, Curt AH6RE _______________________________________________ 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
