Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-10 Thread George Winship, NC5G
Brian, I think Don, W3FPR, answered your question. FYI, My K2 and SSB is a fairly early model from 2001. I did not like the bandwidth and changed it to 2.5khz early on. I believe this was a mod from KI6XX. Don't have those notes handy. Always got many unsolicited good audio reports for many

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-10 Thread Brian Denley
Thanks Don, Jim and George. I would guess that any method that shapes the audio would have the same desired effect i.e. different mic element, equalizer, etc. Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad On Feb 10, 2015, at 1:54 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Those mods are not 'official

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-09 Thread Phil Wheeler
Good question. I've never had any issues with my audio reports, using the Elecraft MH2 mic; in fact all audio reports have been positive. It sounds like these mods are for the Proset K2 Heil mic/headset (I'm not sure which Heil mic element is in this model). There were some K2 mods related

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-09 Thread Brian Denley
Phil: Yeah my audio reports are fine with the MH2 as well. I'm not looking to widen the K2 bandwidth. Thanks Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad On Feb 10, 2015, at 12:57 AM, Phil Wheeler w...@socal.rr.com wrote: Good question. I've never had any issues with my audio reports, using the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-09 Thread Don Wilhelm
Those mods are not 'official Elecraft', but will help in reducing the bass response of the KSB2. That is a good thing with any microphone because the low frequency response just wastes power and does not add much to communications quality. It is applicable for any microphone, not just the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-09 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon,2/9/2015 10:28 PM, Brian Denley wrote: Yeah my audio reports are fine with the MH2 as well. Nearly 10 years ago, I worked up some nice improvements to SSB TX that added 6dB of gain to the mic circuit, which improved compression, and tailored the frequency response to remove low end,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-09 Thread George Winship, NC5G
Thanks for posting this, Ray. I also was getting those kind of reports on my K2. I was able to get the 1uF electrolytics but was unable to find the 0.1uF. G3RXQ was quick to respond to my email and said that a 0.1uF monolithic could be used instead. The results are great, as confirmed by hams I

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2015-02-09 Thread Brian Denley
George et al: Did Elecraft ever adopt these (or any other) K2 SSB audio changes? Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad On Feb 9, 2015, at 10:32 PM, George Winship, NC5G gwwa5...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks for posting this, Ray. I also was getting those kind of reports on my K2. I was able to get

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2014-12-21 Thread Stewart
Very pleased the mods still work ! 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 22:29:48 -, Ray Collins wrote: Other K2 owners may be interested in this. After getting many reports of poor quality transmit audio with my K2 (using the Proset K2 Heil boom microphone and headset), I carried out the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2014-12-21 Thread Steve
I use a Heil HC4 (DX) mike element in an upgraded hand mike. I changed the mike gain with a resistor change as per mod. I get very good audio reports - the mike has the 2K boost and the low end cut... built in. I never did the SSB filter upgrade and still running stock serial number 0985 K2...

[Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2014-12-20 Thread Ray Collins
Other K2 owners may be interested in this. After getting many reports of poor quality transmit audio with my K2 (using the Proset K2 Heil boom microphone and headset), I carried out the modifications described by G3RXQ which increase the lower cut off frequency of the microphone circuit on

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Performance Improvement

2014-12-20 Thread Jim Brown
On Sat,12/20/2014 2:29 PM, Ray Collins wrote: After getting many reports of poor quality transmit audio with my K2 (using the Proset K2 Heil boom microphone and headset), I carried out the modifications described by G3RXQ which increase the lower cut off frequency of the microphone circuit on