Re: W2IHY 8 band equalizer and EQ Plus

Posted by Bob McGraw - K4TAX on Apr 27, 2010; 12:42am
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And do remember, more compression brings up background noise between
words by the amount of the compression value.   Hence with 10 dB of
compression, a background noise level that would normally produce and
output of 1 watt will then sound like 10 watts of noise.

73
Bob, K4TAX

>
> On the K3 what would be the approximate setting for 10dB compression?
>
> AB2TC - Knut
>
>
> Jim Brown-10 wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>> In a noisy environment, it always helps to work close to the mic. It is
>> ALWAYS good practice to use the minimum mic gain needed to get good
>> modulation, use no more than about 10dB of compression/processing, and
>> roll off the low frequency content. It's good engineering practice for
>> the
>> highest quality broadcast stations, and it's good practice for ham
>> radio.
>> <snip again>
>>
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