so ive been getting reports that my audio is pretty bad on 20m ssb, sounds distorted and overdriven according to a couple guys. im running an ic-7300 with the standard hand mic and i thought the audio processing would handle everything automatically. gain is set to about 50% on the radio. anyone know what im doing wrong here? really dont want to be one of those guys with crappy audio that everyone avoids

check your mic gain first - 50% might be too hot depending on how loud you talk. try backing it down to maybe 30-35% and see if that helps. also make sure youre not sitting too close to the mic, should be about 2-3 inches away. the 7300 has decent processing but it can only work with what youre feeding it

yeah what he said about mic gain but also check your speech processor settings if you have it turned on. i had similar issues with mine until i realized the compressor was cranked way up from the factory. also the stock hm-219 mic that comes with the 7300 isnt great for voice characteristics, might want to consider upgrading to something like a heil hc-4 or sm-10 down the road. makes a huge difference in how you sound on the air