From: Steven Weber Sent: 16. mai 2003 23:43 To: la3za Subject: Re: AT Sprint - 1.st QSO! >Just wanted to let you know that I had my first 40 meters QSO with >SP4NDU right now, he gave me a 579 so it gets out alright. > Congratulations! First one to be up and running that side of the pond ;-) ... Most likely the audio pre-amp is starting to clip and overdrive the ALC chip. In retrospect, I should have had less gain before the ALC and more after it. Try making R5 and R6 bigger, 4.7 K or 10 K.