Wouxun KG1000+ Transmit sounds bad at high power

[GrayGoat]

Hope I can get some help.

My wheeling friends tell me that my radio sounds crappy (over modulated?) when transmitting at high power (50 watts), however they said it sounds much better at medium power (20 watts). So, i decided to change both my antenna and its location. Originally it was a midland ghost antenna mounted on the lip of my hood and had an SWR of 1.01. Now I have located it behind the cab of my jeep and got a Midland MXTA26 whip antenna SWR is now 1.3 as expected due to less ground plane, and the same problem exists. Is there a setting in the radio I should check? 

[BoxCar]

Mic Gain

[nokones]

What radio are your friends receiving you on? Are both you and friend's radio set for the same bandwidth for emissions? If your friends are using cheap pandaland POS it is very likely their radios can not handle the power being injected into the receiver's front end or has very poor or no shielding to handle other radios that closes which is normal for those radios.

[OffRoaderX]

1 hour ago, GrayGoat said:

Hope I can get some help.

My wheeling friends tell me that my radio sounds crappy (over modulated?) when transmitting at high power (50 watts), however they said it sounds much better at medium power (20 watts). So, i decided to change both my antenna and its location. Originally it was a midland ghost antenna mounted on the lip of my hood and had an SWR of 1.01. Now I have located it behind the cab of my jeep and got a Midland MXTA26 whip antenna SWR is now 1.3 as expected due to less ground plane, and the same problem exists. Is there a setting in the radio I should check? 

Just FYI - moving your antenna, swapping the antenna or even improving the SWR has absolutely nothing with the quality of the audio you are transmitting.
 

As @nokones suggested, make sure your friend's radios are set to WIDEband.. also make sure you arent too close - like at least 1/4 mile away.

and as @BoxCar eluded to, lowering the Mic gain would help, but the KG-1000G does not have an adjustable Mic gain, so ignore that - but when testing make sure you are speaking the exact same volume and with the mic at the exact same distance each time... Screaming into the mic and/or holding it too close to your noise-hole will cause what your friends are describing.

[OffRoaderX]

23 minutes ago, nokones said:

cheap pandaland POS

Dont be such a racist against Pandabears!

[nokones]

54 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

Dont be such a racist against Pandabears!

Panda bears are cool.

[nokones]

58 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

Just FYI - moving your antenna, swapping the antenna or even improving the SWR has absolutely nothing with the quality of the audio you are transmitting.
 

As @nokones suggested, make sure your friend's radios are set to WIDEband.. also make sure you arent too close - like at least 1/4 mile away.

and as @BoxCar eluded to, lowering the Mic gain would help, but the KG-1000G does not have an adjustable Mic gain, so ignore that - but when testing make sure you are speaking the exact same volume and with the mic at the exact same distance each time... Screaming into the mic and/or holding it too close to your noise-hole will cause what your friends are describing.

If his friends/Trail Dudes are using FRS radios the OP may be forced to go narrowband since most or if not all FRS radios are only narrowband emissions.

[MarkInTampa]

46 minutes ago, Socalgmrs said:

 

 

im so glad ive never had these issues and i use my radios with several other people every single day for 8-10hours. 

Good for you - Want a cookie?

[OffRoaderX]

19 minutes ago, nokones said:

If his friends/Trail Dudes are using FRS radios the OP may be forced to go narrowband since most or if not all FRS radios are only narrowband emissions.

He's got the 50W radio, he should make them change.. and they will have to endure his wrath if they refuse.

[WRYZ926]

I do wish that Wouxun would include a way to adjust mic gain in their radios. And yes the KG-1000G mic is on the hot side. Another thing that greatly helps is holding the mic at an angle to your face instead of flat.

 

PS: ignore Negative Nancy 

[GrouserPad]

I get people telling me the same thing from time to time. With no mic gain you just need to talk softer or further away. A good habit is to never use more power than you absolutely need! Use low power for all wheeling situations. When I use my kg1000+ people say I sound over modulated but when my family talks on the same radio to me I think they all sound fantastic which makes me wonder if some types of voices don’t do well on the kg1000+. 

[Socalgmrs]

Wow an issue with woxoun? No way!   I’d bet the others are using narrow band midland or rugged.   But again woxoun? Meh 

 

im so glad ive never had these issues and i use my radios with several other people every single day for 8-10hours.