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Dick Frey

Bad tx audio.

I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I
believe.

I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I ran the K3 into a dummy load
and listened to the tx signal on another receiver. The resulting signal was
indeed crappy both with the mic and on recording.
I reduced power to almost nil, changed mics, removed all other connections
to the rig except power coax and mic. Still had lousy audio.

What am I missing?

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k6dgw

Re: Bad tx audio.

Define "lousy?"

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Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
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On 12/6/2018 4:20 PM, Dick Frey wrote:

> I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I
> believe.
>
> I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I ran the K3 into a dummy load
> and listened to the tx signal on another receiver. The resulting signal was
> indeed crappy both with the mic and on recording.
> I reduced power to almost nil, changed mics, removed all other connections
> to the rig except power coax and mic. Still had lousy audio.
>
> What am I missing?
>

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Wes Stewart-2

Re: Bad tx audio.

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Blown LPA, HPA one or both would be my guess. An all to common problem.

Wes N7WS

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> On Dec 6, 2018, at 5:20 PM, Dick Frey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I
> believe.
>
> I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I ran the K3 into a dummy load
> and listened to the tx signal on another receiver. The resulting signal was
> indeed crappy both with the mic and on recording.
> I reduced power to almost nil, changed mics, removed all other connections
> to the rig except power coax and mic. Still had lousy audio.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> --
> Dick - K4XU
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX

Re: Bad tx audio.

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Define "crappy audio"? Distorted, thin, muffled, humm, buzz, noisy, scratchy, bassy .......

Some could be radio adjustments, some could be component failure, some bad mike, some could be power supply, some could be power cables/connectors, and ?????

Bob, K4TAX

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> On Dec 6, 2018, at 6:20 PM, Dick Frey <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I had several "Bad Audio" reports in SS. One I can Ignore, more than that I
> believe.
>
> I have a K3 with the recorder. To test it, I ran the K3 into a dummy load
> and listened to the tx signal on another receiver. The resulting signal was
> indeed crappy both with the mic and on recording.
> I reduced power to almost nil, changed mics, removed all other connections
> to the rig except power coax and mic. Still had lousy audio.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> --
> Dick - K4XU
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