Before we dive into the mic audio circuit, what about your power output in
tune mode or cw. Is it normal?
Steve Ellington
N4LQ
When two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
----- Original Message -----
From: "N1EU" <n1eu@yahoo.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 8:51 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Low Mic Gain in Corsair
> Put my Corsair on the air for the first time in many
> months (finally fixed the power supply) and discovered
> that I must turn "Drive" to maximum AND use a little
> processing to get any reasonable power out in ssb.
> I'm even using external mic preamp cranked up. Before
> I crack the Corsair open and start tracing the mic
> signal through the VOX-Processor board, I was
> wondering if anyone might have any insight? Worked
> fine last time I used it.
>
> BTW, full output on cw - definitely seems to be a prob
> in the mic input circuitry (or operator error?).
> Tried a number of mics without a preamp and barely
> puts out a signal.
>
> [note: throttling back the rf gain in the Corsair so
> that the S meter barely registers really makes the AGC
> much less objectionable!]
>
> Tnx/73,
> Barry N1EU
>
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