[Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Gary Smith
I have a K3 and my antennae are 350 feet from the QTH. I run 99.9% CW and rarely ever get on SSB, about the only time I do so is to join in with a nice net on 160M that makes it twice so far this year that I've been on SSB. Both times I have been told my audio is broken up and the latest

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Matt Zilmer
One idea is to find someone within easy contact distance that has a scope or panadapter, and ask him/her to snapshot your spectrum. If the Tx is flat-topping, it would show in the spectrum. Generally, I run the MIC GAIN at 12-15 here, with the fixed gain set to RP.H. This is with a Heil

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Gary Smith
@ Kent, No more than 5 bars of ALC, nor 3 bars of CMP. That's about where I set it from around page 5 in the manual. I doesn't show up very well with the change in voice as I talk but I've tried to keep it to the left of the first large markers on the CMP ALC graphs @ Matt, Yes, I need to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Gary Smith
@ Jay, Review the MIC CONFIG settings and maybe your TX equalizers settings Never used them but just looked at the Tx EQ and it is flat @ 0. Mic select is front panel, MIC+LIN is off @ Bill, Mic is an old Heil HM-5 desk mic the element is an old Heil HC-4. Nothing plugged into the audio

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Don Wilhelm
Gary, You should not have mic bias set on for that microphone element and since that is a low output element, the mic gain range should be set to high (FP.H. if you are connecting to the Front panel jack, otherwise RP.H). To set up the mic gain, put the K3 into TX TEST and initially set the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Gary Smith
Don, I don't know how to find that bias setting. I apparently am not as good as I used to be when it comes to finding uncommon details. There are other things I'm not as good at any more but that's another discussion. :) Gary KA1J Gary, You should not have mic bias set on for that

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Harlan
Don Press (don't hold) the MENU button. Rotate vfoB knob until you see MIC SEL then rotate vfoA knob to select FP (front panel) or rP (rear panel) . You can press A/B to select high or low. Press REV to turn bias on or off. Hope this helps. Harlan, NC3C Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Harlan
OOPs... That should have been Gary, not Don sorry On 3/24/2013 0312, Harlan wrote: Don Press (don't hold) the MENU button. Rotate vfoB knob until you see MIC SEL then rotate vfoA knob to select FP (front panel) or rP (rear panel) . You can press A/B to select high or low. Press REV to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB complaints I am getting

2013-03-23 Thread Gary Smith
It was set at FPL, I changed it to FPH Let's see if thast makes a change! Thanks Gary Main Menu..Mic Select sorry On 24 March 2013 13:05, Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote: Main Menu..select FPH..tap 2 to toggle bias on/off , tap 1 to toggle FPH and FPL