[1000mp] Twofold Question

[VE3QN]

I have just adjusted my MkV for the first time and the factory setting for 
Menu Item 9-1 was 14.

I have recently added the INRAD Roofing Filter and, consequently, I decided 
to try Douglas' recommendation. To my ears I found a weak DX station is most 
copiable at a setting of 10 or 11.

Thanks for all the comments on this.

Bryan  VE3QN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KB9GKC at aol.com>
To: <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] Twofold Question


>
> In a message dated 9/18/2005 9:31:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> n3drk at triad.rr.com writes:
>
> mod,  what should the setting be for 9-1? I do not remember what my 
> original
> setting  was.
>
>
>
> Solution: Every radio settings  are going to be different. However the
> setting on 9-1 has a huge impact on weak  signal readability. If you set 
> it too high
> you wont hear the weak stations and  too low and you will not hear them
> either. Here's what I did. I found the  weakest station I could find 
> (should be
> S-0) and I slowly went up and down with  menu 9-1. I believe your original
> setting was 12, then I would slowly adjust  between 7 and 11 and listen to 
> see when
> you can understand the weak station the  best (close your eyes while doing
> this and ignore the S meter). And don't set  the IF gain so that main 
> receiver
> matches the sub receiver S meters, remember we  are not calibrating S 
> meters, we
> are looking for best weak signal reception in  the main receiver. 73 
> Douglas
> KB9GKC
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