White noise on K3transmit

[Mike Furrey]

I just set up to operate in the 6 meter contest and after no contacts, trying with two different microphones (first the Elecraft mic, then a Heil mic) on the front panel, a check with a local said he only hears white noise when I transmit. I am missing something. I am transmitting into a 2 element quad. Both the K3 meter and Daiwa meter shows 1.2 SWR and Forward power out varies with my speech. I switched radios to Icom 7200 and I am well heard.

So, I am missing something. I scrolled through the menu and did not see anything obvious. Any help please?

73, Mike WA5POK
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[Don Wilhelm]

Mike,

Start your investigation simply:
Look at the deflection on the ALC meter.  If you do not have 5 to 7 bars
flashing on voice peaks, you are not driving the audio enough.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/14/2020 10:58 AM, Mike Furrey wrote:
> I just set up to operate in the 6 meter contest and after no contacts, trying with two different microphones (first the Elecraft mic, then a Heil mic) on the front panel, a check with a local said he only hears white noise when I transmit. I am missing something. I am transmitting into a 2 element quad. Both the K3 meter and Daiwa meter shows 1.2 SWR and Forward power out varies with my speech. I switched radios to Icom 7200 and I am well heard.
>
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*I have two RRC's with all the cables, one remote and one control unit.
These are setup for remoteing two K3's locally or across the world. The
control unit has the WIFI board installed. All the information is
available on the internet.

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[Bill Frantz]

Do check that you have the K3 configured for the front panel mic and the correct bias setting.

Just guess why I suggest this. :-)

73 Bill AE6JV

On 6/14/20 at 10:58 AM, [hidden email] (Mike Furrey) wrote:

> I just set up to operate in the 6 meter contest and after no contacts, trying with two different
> microphones (first the Elecraft mic, then a Heil mic) on the front panel, a check with a local said he
> only hears white noise when I transmit. I am missing something. I am transmitting into a 2 element
> quad. Both the K3 meter and Daiwa meter shows 1.2 SWR and Forward power out varies with my speech. I
> switched radios to Icom 7200 and I am well heard.
>
> So, I am missing something. I scrolled through the menu and did not see anything obvious. Any help
> please?
>
> 73, Mike WA5POK

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