A VE7 reported I was slightly over driving my amp with my 980 on 2 SSB.? I have always set my drive to between 90 and 100 watts and used the compressor set to 1 o'clock.? It sounds fine in the monitor.? I turned down the power to 60 watts then turned off the processor and used the mic gain,? He told my no matter what I was over driving.
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I use a nice Heil Boom Mic set with HC4 element and never had any over drive reports.
I had several USA contacts and 2 European calls and all said I sounded fine with great audio.? I don't want to get a pink slip report from the new ARRL volunteers on this.
