K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

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K3 Crackling audio with Noise Gate running

Edwin Johnson
Hello Lance,

> I am using the Heil headset with the K3, and have the mic connected into the
> rear panel (the front panel connection was having RF distortion) with the
> HIGH bias level.

Make certain if the Heil is _not_ an IC type (electret or condensor mic) that
the bias is off. His mics are dynamic and you don't want to feed the dc
voltage into those with the bias setting turned on.

>    The Mic gain is less than 5 and the compression is 10.  The ALC is never
> out of the indicated range.

Just for your information, I'm using a BM-10 with the #5 element and my
settings are level=High, bias=Off, gain=15, compression=10. This seems to work
with my voice and equalizer settings and splendidly for vox use.

73 ...Edwin, KD5ZLB
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