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That is because most of the hams you hear sounding awful on 10 meters are mostly ex-cber's or new ops. Most newbies don't realize that the ALC meter is your friend. Keep it turned down to the acceptable ALC zone and your audio will usually sound fine unless you are getting RF or some other issue on your signal. I never run my mic gain control higher than the 10 o'clock position on any of my rigs.

Here is a tip for anyone new, when you key your microphone on SSB and you are not saying anything, you SHOULD NOT see any watts going out over the air. I see this so often on 10 meters with new techs. You can hear the fans running, the guy breathing, the wife/kids/dog/etc in the background.

If you see watts going out over the air when you are not speaking, turn down the mic gain until you see nothing going out, and 90% of the time you don't need to run the processor.

Another tip, if you are using a desk mic, go to radio shack and pick up a foam pop filter to put over you mic. It is a cheap investment that will help keep your audio clean.

73

<blockquote data-quote="295" data-source="post: 145940" data-attributes="member: 9162">That is because most of the hams you hear sounding awful on 10 meters are mostly ex-cber&#039;s or new ops.&nbsp; Most newbies don&#039;t realize that the ALC meter is your friend. Keep it turned down to the acceptable ALC zone and your audio will usually sound fine unless you are getting RF or some other issue on your signal.&nbsp; I never run my mic gain control higher than the 10 o&#039;clock position on any of my rigs.Here is a tip for anyone new, when you key your microphone on SSB and you are not saying anything, you SHOULD NOT see any watts going out over the air. I see this so often on 10 meters with new techs. You can hear the fans running, the guy breathing, the wife/kids/dog/etc in the background.If you see watts going out over the air when you are not speaking, turn down the mic gain until you see nothing going out, and 90% of the time you don&#039;t need to run the processor. Another tip, if you are using a desk mic, go to radio shack and pick up a foam pop filter to put over you mic. It is a cheap investment that will help keep your audio clean.73</blockquote>

[QUOTE="295, post: 145940, member: 9162"] That is because most of the hams you hear sounding awful on 10 meters are mostly ex-cber's or new ops. Most newbies don't realize that the ALC meter is your friend. Keep it turned down to the acceptable ALC zone and your audio will usually sound fine unless you are getting RF or some other issue on your signal. I never run my mic gain control higher than the 10 o'clock position on any of my rigs. Here is a tip for anyone new, when you key your microphone on SSB and you are not saying anything, you [U]SHOULD NOT[/U] see any watts going out over the air. I see this so often on 10 meters with new techs. You can hear the fans running, the guy breathing, the wife/kids/dog/etc in the background. If you see watts going out over the air when you are not speaking, turn down the mic gain until you see nothing going out, and 90% of the time you don't need to run the processor. Another tip, if you are using a desk mic, go to radio shack and pick up a foam pop filter to put over you mic. It is a cheap investment that will help keep your audio clean. 73 [/QUOTE]

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