[1000mp] Mark V Field: AGC Getting Swamped

[Gianni Vincis]

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At 06.21 06/06/2004, you wrote:
>Recently acquired a virtually new Mark V Field.  Have been an Icom user 
>for many years and finding the learning some of the Yaesu protocols a bit 
>different than Icom...but that will be overcome in time.
>
>My real challenge right now is what seems to be the AGC getting swamped by 
>relatively strong signals (S 9) around 5 Kcs away.  I could understand 
>this happening if the "offending" station were maybe 2 or 3 Kc, but not 
>5.  The AGC gets pumped to the point that the receiver becomes desensed.
>
>Have played around with some of the QRM tools..VRF, IDBT, adjusted the AGC 
>to fast, etc.  All seem to help a little bit...but not enough.
>
>With my Icom 756 Pro sitting side by side with the MK V Field and using 
>the same antenna, several and repeated A/B tests indicate the Icom is NOT 
>suffering the same experience.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Read in the reflector archives about a pending INRAD roofing filter to 
>help with close in IMD.  Is this the solution?
>
>thanks,
>
>Harry WE1X
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