[Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread Stan Gibbs
I'm trying to setup my K3 SSB with my Heil Proset 4 (rear panel connector selected). I can set the monitor level and the VOX works fine. However, I can't seem to get any ALC indication on the display no matter how high I set the mic gain. I'm sure I'm missing something, but I can't figure out

Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread Stan Gibbs
Thinking that the reason was perhaps not being in real transmit mode (despite what the manual says), I gave it a go, but I don't see any power output in LSB mode. TUNE gives me the expected output. - 73, Stan - KR7C -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread Mike
Stan, Did you set the bias? 73, Mike NF4L Stan Gibbs wrote: Thinking that the reason was perhaps not being in real transmit mode (despite what the manual says), I gave it a go, but I don't see any power output in LSB mode. TUNE gives me the expected output. - 73, Stan - KR7C

Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread Stan Gibbs
After getting pointed to the MIC-SEL menu item (for more than fpl/bpl), I did change the gain to H, and that gives me some ALC. I also tried the bias setting, but that didn't seem to make much difference. I see some RF output when I talk, but not much. This SSB stuff is complicated compared to

Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread Tom W8JI
- Original Message - From: Stan Gibbs s...@ajaxsoftware.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication After getting pointed to the MIC-SEL menu item (for more than fpl/bpl), I did change the gain to H, and that gives me some

Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread w5ov
Bias should be OFF. After getting pointed to the MIC-SEL menu item (for more than fpl/bpl), I did change the gain to H, and that gives me some ALC. I also tried the bias setting, but that didn't seem to make much difference. I see some RF output when I talk, but not much. This SSB stuff

Re: [Elecraft] No K3 ALC indication

2010-06-15 Thread Stan Gibbs
Thanks! Stan On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Bob Naumann [via Elecraft] ml-node+5183588-1192251113-537...@n2.nabble.com wrote: Bias should be OFF. After getting pointed to the MIC-SEL menu item (for more than fpl/bpl), I did change the gain to H, and that gives me some ALC. I