Agreed Dave...
I thought KV4FZ was way over compressed during ARRL DX SSB, along with a couple of the US M/M or M/S. The only advantage I could see was taking up a lot of room with basically a "KEEP OUT" sign posted. I've had mixed results informing folks of lousy sounding signals on both CW and SSB. A few times have resulted in finding a problem and other have told me I don't know what I'm talking about... Still playing with the SSB settings, and learning what works and what doesn't. I do need to adjust my self monitor level as I tend to keep it very low on CW so I can pick weak signals out better when running. Muffled guys I have been skipping over if I can't figure the call out somewhat quickly. Don't know which is worse, key clicks or Backman Turner Overdrive ;o) Maybe see you in RDXC? probably in WPX ;o) Good luck and do let me know if I sound like crap please! 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 --- On Mon, 3/16/09, David Gilbert (via Nabble) <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Gilbert (via Nabble) <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3's RF Clipping Speech Processing > To: "Julius Fazekas n2wn" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 1:43 PM > During the NAQP SSB contest in January, I heard a single-op > somewhere in > the midwest calling CQ with a steady S9 +20db signal that > was so > overcompressed that he was literally not understandable. > Nobody was > answering him, but lots of guys were commenting on his bad > signal behind > his back. So I gave him a call and told him all of that, > and suggested > he crank back the supercharger. He backed off the > compression three > different times before he sounded crisp, and by the time he > got there > his signal was S9 +5db but FAR more intelligible. > > There were many South American contest stations during the > recent ARRL > DX SSB contest that sounded like voice-modulated spark gap > transmissions > ... horrible stuff. It often took several tries to ferret > out their > callsigns, and what they thought they gained in terms of > quick QSO rates > is beyond me. > > The great thing about the K3 is that by speaking into the > mic with the > monitor set loud enough to drown out your own voice (the > one inside your > own head even while wearing headphones), you can set mic > gain and > compression for your own perception of crisp intellgibility > instead of > maximum average power out. The two are definitely not the > same. > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > > > Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote: > > Thanks Jack! > > > > Based on your presentation and the voice settings, > I'll be dropping my > > compression back a notch. Figure if it's easier > for me to understand it will > > be easier for others to understand me (mumble mumble). > > > > 73, > > Julius > > n2wn > > > > > > Jack Smith-6 wrote: > > > >> I've added a page with some measurements of > the K3's RF speech clipping > >> functionality, including sample sound records, > oscilloscope envelope > >> views and spectrum analyzer captures. > >> > >> > http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/elecraft_k3_speech_processing.htm > >> > >> Jack K8ZOA > >> www.cliftonlaboratories.com > >> > ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ----- > > Julius Fazekas > > N2WN > > > > Tennessee Contest Group > > http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html > > > > Tennessee QSO Party > > http://www.tnqp.org/ > > > > Elecraft K2/100 #4455 > > Elecraft K3/100 #366 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > ______________________________________ > > This email is a reply to your post @ > http://n2.nabble.com/K3%27s-RF-Clipping-Speech-Processing-tp2483345p2487467.html > You can reply by email or by visting the link above. ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3%27s-RF-Clipping-Speech-Processing-tp2483345p2487742.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
