no transmit on K3

[Dave, G4AON]

Rem

With my K3 and a "570D" hand mic (MC-43S), I have the following settings:

Mic gain 20 to 30 (depends how loud you talk)
Compression 20
Mic selection FP.H with no bias (when bias is turned on the word "bIAS"
appears alongside FP.H)
I also have some TX EQ to reduce low frequencies and increase higher
ones, it depends on your voice.

With TX test selected, a monitor audio level of 22, the audio sounds
good and the CMP/ALC metering kicks up nicely on normal speech.

73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
-----------------


I'm trying two different mics to transmit with.
One is a Kenwood hand mic from a Kenwood 570D
and the other is a Heil Pro Set Plus with an 8pin
Kenwood mic adapter. I haven't had any luck when even
trying to set up my levels for transmitting. I cannot get any bar
to show up or move on the ALC or Compression when keying down.
I have tried with the compression as high a 30 and the mic gain as high
as 60 but no movement, whether in TX Test or regular TX mode.

I feel like I am forgetting to change one setting somewhere,
if that is what the problem is.

I put the K3 together myself and don't know if something could
have been done wrong there, but after looking again and again
in the manual, I just don't know what else to try.

Any suggestions, even to go and check basic settings will be
appreciated. Please reply offline.

Thanks

Rem
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[Bruce McLaughlin-2]

This may be a very stupid question but are you sure you have the vox on and
properly adjusted when you speak into the mike?  My K3 has no problem with
level either audio or vox trip using the Pro Set.

Bruce

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Rem

With my K3 and a "570D" hand mic (MC-43S), I have the following settings:

Mic gain 20 to 30 (depends how loud you talk)
Compression 20
Mic selection FP.H with no bias (when bias is turned on the word "bIAS"
appears alongside FP.H)
I also have some TX EQ to reduce low frequencies and increase higher
ones, it depends on your voice.

With TX test selected, a monitor audio level of 22, the audio sounds
good and the CMP/ALC metering kicks up nicely on normal speech.

73 Dave, G4AON
K3/100 #80
-----------------


I'm trying two different mics to transmit with.
One is a Kenwood hand mic from a Kenwood 570D
and the other is a Heil Pro Set Plus with an 8pin
Kenwood mic adapter. I haven't had any luck when even
trying to set up my levels for transmitting. I cannot get any bar
to show up or move on the ALC or Compression when keying down.
I have tried with the compression as high a 30 and the mic gain as high
as 60 but no movement, whether in TX Test or regular TX mode.

I feel like I am forgetting to change one setting somewhere,
if that is what the problem is.

I put the K3 together myself and don't know if something could
have been done wrong there, but after looking again and again
in the manual, I just don't know what else to try.

Any suggestions, even to go and check basic settings will be
appreciated. Please reply offline.

Thanks

Rem
k6bbq
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