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john lawrence-3

K3 with Heil HC-5

I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB TX audio. It was after spending the time to determine that this was the right answer for the K3.

The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own voice to give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I get asked what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain setting:19 Compression setting: 24

Good luck

73,

John, W!QS
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Stewart Baker

Re: K3 with Heil HC-5

Same here.
HC-5, Mic Gain 22, Comp 24 then tweak TX eq to suit voice.

73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT), John Lawrence wrote:
> I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB TX audio.
It was after spending the time to determine that this was the
right answer for the K3.
>
> The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own voice to
give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I get asked
what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain setting:19
Compression setting: 24

>
> Good luck
>
> 73,
>
> John, W!QS
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Jan Erik Holm

Re: K3 with Heil HC-5

If I would set mic gain to 22 with my HC5 I would overmodulate.
In my case gain 12 and comp 25 is just fine, however it might
differ with how one sets the TX EQ. With this setting I get
"full PEP" power.

/ Jim SM2EKM
------------------
On 2010-06-04 10:28, Stewart wrote:

> Same here.
> HC-5, Mic Gain 22, Comp 24 then tweak TX eq to suit voice.
>
> 73
> Stewart G3RXQ
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT), John Lawrence wrote:
>> I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB TX audio.
> It was after spending the time to determine that this was the
> right answer for the K3.
>>
>> The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own voice to
> give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I get asked
> what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain setting:19
> Compression setting: 24
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> John, W!QS

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Ignacy

Re: K3 with Heil HC-5

l liked HC5 because it did not need any equalization (except during contest) and had low noise pickup.
Mic gain about 17. Comp set to 15-20 during causal QSO, 24 when DXing or poor propagation, and 28-30 when contesting or in pileup.
Ignacy, NO9E

Stewart Baker

Re: K3 with Heil HC-5

In reply to this post by Jan Erik Holm

Maybe I'm loosing my voice as well as my memory with age...

Stewart G3RXQ
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:40:03 +0200, Jan Erik Holm wrote:

> If I would set mic gain to 22 with my HC5 I would overmodulate.
> In my case gain 12 and comp 25 is just fine, however it might
> differ with how one sets the TX EQ. With this setting I get
> "full PEP" power.
>
> / Jim SM2EKM
> ------------------
> On 2010-06-04 10:28, Stewart wrote:
>> Same here.
>> HC-5, Mic Gain 22, Comp 24 then tweak TX eq to suit voice.
>>
>> 73
>> Stewart G3RXQ
>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT), John Lawrence wrote:
>>> I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB TX

audio.
>> It was after spending the time to determine that this was the
>> right answer for the K3.
>>>
>>> The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own voice to
>> give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I get
asked

>> what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain setting:19
>> Compression setting: 24
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> John, W!QS
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W8JI

Re: K3 with Heil HC-5

Isn't there a high and low gain setting, besides just the
numerical gain??
:-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart" <[hidden email]>
To: "Jan Erik Holm" <[hidden email]>
Cc: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 with Heil HC-5

> Maybe I'm loosing my voice as well as my memory with
> age...
>
> Stewart G3RXQ
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:40:03 +0200, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>> If I would set mic gain to 22 with my HC5 I would
>> overmodulate.
>> In my case gain 12 and comp 25 is just fine, however it
>> might
>> differ with how one sets the TX EQ. With this setting I
>> get
>> "full PEP" power.
>>
>> / Jim SM2EKM
>> ------------------
>> On 2010-06-04 10:28, Stewart wrote:
>>> Same here.
>>> HC-5, Mic Gain 22, Comp 24 then tweak TX eq to suit
>>> voice.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Stewart G3RXQ
>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT), John Lawrence
>>> wrote:
>>>> I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB
>>>> TX
> audio.
>>> It was after spending the time to determine that this
>>> was the
>>> right answer for the K3.
>>>>
>>>> The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own
>>>> voice to
>>> give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I
>>> get
> asked
>>> what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain
>>> setting:19
>>> Compression setting: 24
>>>>
>>>> Good luck
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> John, W!QS
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Greg - AB7R

Re: K3 with Heil HC-5

Yes
With mic sel displayed tap "1" to toggle between hi and low.

Enjoying breakfast on the way to seapac. :)

73
Greg

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On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:47 AM, "Tom W8JI" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Isn't there a high and low gain setting, besides just the
> numerical gain??
> :-)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stewart" <[hidden email]>
> To: "Jan Erik Holm" <[hidden email]>
> Cc: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 with Heil HC-5
>
>
>> Maybe I'm loosing my voice as well as my memory with
>> age...
>>
>> Stewart G3RXQ
>> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:40:03 +0200, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
>>> If I would set mic gain to 22 with my HC5 I would
>>> overmodulate.
>>> In my case gain 12 and comp 25 is just fine, however it
>>> might
>>> differ with how one sets the TX EQ. With this setting I
>>> get
>>> "full PEP" power.
>>>
>>> / Jim SM2EKM
>>> ------------------
>>> On 2010-06-04 10:28, Stewart wrote:
>>>> Same here.
>>>> HC-5, Mic Gain 22, Comp 24 then tweak TX eq to suit
>>>> voice.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Stewart G3RXQ
>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 18:49:12 +0000 (GMT), John Lawrence
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I've settled down on the HC-5 as the best sounding SSB
>>>>> TX
>> audio.
>>>> It was after spending the time to determine that this
>>>> was the
>>>> right answer for the K3.
>>>>>
>>>>> The TX equalizer should be tailored based on your own
>>>>> voice to
>>>> give it the best fidelity. Because of my great audio, I
>>>> get
>> asked
>>>> what mic I'm using on many occasions. Mic Gain
>>>> setting:19
>>>> Compression setting: 24
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck
>>>>>
>>>>> 73,
>>>>>
>>>>> John, W!QS
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