Saturday, April 15, 2006
From 4/18
Tested the Astatic M6 575 microphone with Craig, AE6RR today at lunch. We tweaked with both the Volume and Tone adjustments. The volume gives a roughly 10-15 dB change in received S-meter reading. I parked it at about "6", or just above the 'L' in volume. Any higher didn't get good results.
The tone was a bit harder to adjust. Higher seemed better to Craig, but it sounded "nasal" to me at the highest levels, so I backed it down to about 75%.
Need to run some A/B tests on the air to see if it actually is any better than the stock mic.
From 4/17
Hooked up the Astatic M6 575 power mic to the rig. The PTT works. The rig's modulation meter seems to move when I talk. Will test tomorrow with Craig.
From 4/15
More frustration.
From 4/14
EXTREME frustration. Spent about 1.5 hours calling CQ on various bands.
80m 3.550 MHz
40m
20m 14.050 MHz
15m
No responses.
Tested the Astatic M6 575 microphone with Craig, AE6RR today at lunch. We tweaked with both the Volume and Tone adjustments. The volume gives a roughly 10-15 dB change in received S-meter reading. I parked it at about "6", or just above the 'L' in volume. Any higher didn't get good results.
The tone was a bit harder to adjust. Higher seemed better to Craig, but it sounded "nasal" to me at the highest levels, so I backed it down to about 75%.
Need to run some A/B tests on the air to see if it actually is any better than the stock mic.
From 4/17
Hooked up the Astatic M6 575 power mic to the rig. The PTT works. The rig's modulation meter seems to move when I talk. Will test tomorrow with Craig.
From 4/15
More frustration.
From 4/14
EXTREME frustration. Spent about 1.5 hours calling CQ on various bands.
80m 3.550 MHz
40m
20m 14.050 MHz
15m
No responses.
