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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:56:34 -0500
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I guess a separate receiver could work too but with a  lot of attenuation
and no antenna hooked up. I used to do that when I didn't have monitor and
in my CB days when I was using the golden screwdriver  lol and I never hurt
anything but I didn't do that very often. Just once in a while.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood Comparison


> Hi.
>
> That's my trouble.  The radios that I have don't have a monitor
> function.  I think it is time to start saving up for a new radio.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 05:50 PM 12/5/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>>Monitor comes in handy though usually I just use the default and if it
>>sounds good to everyone I leave it that way, but when I do adjust I just
>>use
>>the monitor, get it where I think it sounds right, then ask people. I run
>>the W2IHY EQ on my 570 and when I first got that, the mic was overdriving
>>the unit, and the unit was over driving the radio, that took me a little
>>while to turn down the input of the EQ, output of the EQ, and the mic but
>>it
>>sounds good now, I just went to a clear frequency on a dead band and
>>played
>>for a couple minutes and got it dialed in in a matter of minutes.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 5:39 PM
>>Subject: Kenwood Comparison
>>
>>
>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > Ok, how do you guys set your mic level?  That seems to be the hardest
>> > thing
>> > for me.  When I had vision, I used to adjust the mic gain so that the
>> > voice
>> > peaks just flicked the ALC scale on the meter.  Now, I can't really
>> > tell
>> > when I've reached my ALC threshold.
>> >
>> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Louis Kim Kline
>> > A.R.S. K2LKK
>> > Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
>> > Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
>> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
>> >
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
> Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
>

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