Detailed Operations; Voice Transmission; Tx Settings; Microphone Setup - Apache Labs ANDROMEDA ANAN-7000DLE MKII User Manual

6 Detailed Operations
6.1 Voice Transmission
You will need a suitable microphone connected for these modes.
6.1.1 TX Settings
The TX drive level is available on a front panel encoder. It sets drive as a percentage of full power
available. Adjust to set the required TX power.
Microphone gain is available on the multifunction encoder.
1. Press the MULTI encoder knob;
2. Turn the MULTI encoder until MIC Gain is shown in the status bar;
3. Press the MULTI encoder knob again;
4. Now turn the MULTI encoder knob to set the desired microphone gain.
There is a meter setting for Microphone level; set Mic Gain for 0dB peaks.
6.1.2 Microphone Setup
Before first transmission you must set up your microphone level. This is very important on first use!
1. Connect a suitably rated dummy load to your antenna connector.
2. Set the Drive level to a relatively low power (say 5‐10, meaning approximately 5‐10W of RF)
3. Select an appropriate audio mode. Begin with USB or LSB depending on your band.
4. Connect a suitable microphone to your radio.
5. Set the microphone connections on the Menu > Setup > Audio form.
6. Reset all of the TX audio path settings on the Mode Settings Form (from the Mode Data
button):
a. Click the MIC button to on
b. Click the console VOX, COMP, DEXP, TX EQ buttons to off
c. Untick 20dB Mic Boost on the Menu > Setup > Transmit form
d. Select Mic In as the input on that same form
e. Untick CESSB Overshoot Control on the same form
f. Tick Use peak meter readings for TX COMP and ALC on the same form
g. Tick Auto Save TX profile on THETIS close on the same form
h. Tick Auto save TX profile on change on the same form
i. Click Save by profile name and give it a new name: eg "PC Headset"
j. Untick leveler on the Menu > Setup > DSP >AGC/ALC form
k. Set ALC max gain to 0 on that same form
l. Untick EER on the Menu > Setup > DSP > EER form
m. Untick CFC enable, Post‐CFC EQ enable, phase rotator enable on the Menu > Setup
> DSP > CFC form
7. Select the TX meter mode to MIC (from the Display menu)
8. Key the radio by pressing MOX button on the front panel
9. Speak normally into the microphone
10. Adjust the MIC gain control until the TX meter consistently reads 0dB for speech peaks. (The
meter is peak reading).
11. Return to RX mode by pressing MOX again.
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