[UK-CONTEST] Ft1000mp mkV and Heil pro headset and MFJ 434 Voice keyer.

[Tim-M5ACC]

My settings here are,
1000mp + HC4
(menu 4-4) set to OFF
(menu 7-7) SSB-R 300-2800 and SSB-T set OFF
To alter the tonal qualities I shift the carrier centres in menu 8-9,
t-ssbcar and Proc-ssb

Although I pretty much go for a harshish sound.
I prefer to run the TX without DSP and then tailor the tonal qualities
before it reaches the radio it sounds more natural to me.
One of the main features I like about the 1000mp is that it's possible to
switch of dsp for tx but still use it on rx (menu 7-7), a feature many dsp
radios don't have and one that I prefer.

Audio is a very personal thing., I would suggest you set it up to your own
ears either via a second RX or via the internet, that way you'll be
confident it's at a level and a style 'YOU' like.
If you let a rag-chewer on 40 do it, you'll more than likely come away
sounding like your heads down the toilet!
A neat way to check you own audio out is to connect to one of the many live
internet short-wave RX's round the world tune to the freq your using and
make a brief .wav recording whilst your running a pileup or in qso. It gives
a good indication how you sound in comparison to the many different types of
audio you get from your callers.

Tim-M5ACC.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Morgan" <andymorgan.email at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Ft1000mp mkV and Heil pro headset and MFJ 434 Voice
keyer.


> Hi
>
> I wonder if any body on the reflector has had any experience in using the
> heil pro headset and the FT1000mp mkV probably responds the same as the
> ft1000mp.
>
> I have a proset with a HC5 insert and cannot get the audio to sound
anything
> approaching acceptable, I had previously tried a hc4 insert and that was
> even worse. It is OKish with the processor off, but the processor on and
> 5-10% compression and it starts to sound very harsh and almost distorting
> and is not as easy to copy even under contest environment. The desk mic is
> far better with more punch and better clarity.
>
> I am also having great difficulty getting a MFJ 434 voice keyer to sound
OK
> it has a very high level of background noise on the recordings and then
> similar audio problems to the proset. I have tried various things
(internal
> and external mics and proset) the drive levels are set correctly but still
I
> get better much better results using voice keyer using the computer
> soundcard.
>
> I believe in both circumstances it is driving the rig with a restricted
> audio rather than full audio without the highs and lows attenuated.
>
> Set-up is
>
> md200 desk mic
> edsp on
> tx audio (menu 4-4) set to 4
>    (menu 7-7) set 150-3100
>
> I have also tried setting edisp off completely and still no good. I hope I
> can benefit from other people on the reflectors experience so I can
getting
> good sounding audio for use in contests. I have not yet used either item
in
> contests due to these problems, preferring to use desk mic and computer
> voice keyer, both of which are a bit clumsy to use.
>
> 73
> Andy Morgan M5ZAP
> Robert Morgan M0TTT
>
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