Jim, That is the norm only for DATA modes where you would not want to activate the ALC. For SSB and other speech modes, drive the ALC meter to 5 - 7 bars with the Compression set to zero and a normal voice. See the manual page 28. Best results are when you are kicking up to 7 bars on voice peaks.
73, Don W3FPR Jim Miller KG0KP wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3...@embarqmail.com> > > snip > >> The "ALC" meter on the K3 is not completely an indication of ALC - the >> first 4 bars act more like a VU meter to tell you the audio level. The >> 5th bar indicates the start of ALC action. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> > > I may be reading something into part of what you say, straighten me out. > > Is the ALC setting at 4-5 bars the "norm" for any mode other than "PSK"? > Should it be 4-5 for SSB and other modes as well??? > > Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
