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Re: [TenTec] Heil HC-4 and Orion

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Heil HC-4 and Orion
From: Dave Heil <k8mn@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:37:48 +0000
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ac5e@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> ON4UN and I did some on-air speech processing comparing and found there's no 
> appreciable audio distortion even when the Orion's RF SP is set very high. 
> John says he runs his around 5, my audiophile friend across town tells me 
> background noise from my rather noisy shack becomes audible in the 4-5 range 
> but there's no distortion or deterioration of voice quality even at 10.
> 
> And yes, the Heil HC4 and HC5 elements have comparitively low output. I 
> generally have to go to 80 or so for full output.

I neglected to add that after adjusting the mike preamp, I run my
microphone gain at 57 with the HC-4/Proset.

73,

Dave K8MN
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