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Stan Gibbs, KR7C

No K3 ALC indication

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 what it is. I was doing the configuration testing in Test mode.

Thanks for any pointers.

73, Stan - KR7C

Stan Gibbs, KR7C

Re: No K3 ALC indication

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

Mike Reublin

Re: No K3 ALC indication

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
>

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Stan Gibbs, KR7C

Re: 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 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 CW!

Mike-14 wrote

Stan,

Did you set the bias?

73, Mike NF4L

73, Stan - KR7C

W8JI

Re: No K3 ALC indication

Stan,

I had some weird stuff happen with my K3 on SSB when I accidentally offset
the filter incorrectly. Almost like what you have, but perhaps not quite so
bad. I was really puzzled why filter offset affected ALC so much. That's all
I corrected and it cured my problem.

73 Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Gibbs" <[hidden email]>
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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 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 CW!
>
>
> Mike-14 wrote:
>>
>> Stan,
>>
>> Did you set the bias?
>>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>
>
> -----
> 73, Stan - KR7C
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Bob Naumann W5OV

Re: No K3 ALC indication

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Bias should be OFF.

Stan Gibbs, KR7C

Re: No K3 ALC indication

Thanks!

Stan

On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:25 PM, "Bob Naumann [via Elecraft]" <[hidden email]> 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 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 CW!
>
>
> Mike-14 wrote:
>>
>> Stan,
>>
>> Did you set the bias?
>>
>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>
>
> -----
> 73, Stan - KR7C
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73, Stan - KR7C