[600MRG] Best receiver settings

[Bart Lee]

FWIW my experience is that the signal to noise ratio goes up as the RF gain
is turned down. 73 de Bart, K6VK ##

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 4:38 PM Brian Pease <bpease2 at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> On my K3S for WSPR on 630m and 160m I mostly use SSB BW, with AGC OFF
> except on very noisy night, turning down the RF gain as needed, no preamp,
> no noise blanker or DSP noise reduction.  I try to give the WSPR software
> the highest fidelity linear recording possible.
> I have found that slow AGC works nearly as well.
> On 3/30/2020 6:24 PM, Neil Klagge wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
> I have my IPO (pre-amp) turned OFF, and sometimes I even turn down the RF
> gain if there is a lot of noise, so that the agc gives me the same number
> of bars on the S meter that the noise peaks are at.
>
> I have no idea if that is the best practice or not. But. Thats my story
> here...
>
> 73, Neil
> W0yse, now. On JT9 beaconing at dial 1836.6 kHz until SR.
>
> Sent from Neil's iPad....
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>
> Been sweeping through the WSPR bands starting with 2200m and am up to 7
> mhz ..
>
> 630m, 160m, and 80m maps all look near the same every morning @ 5 watts
> with 80 and 160 offering the best DX lately..
>
> Can I get a show of hands as for how you set your receivers when
> monitoring WSPR or any other sigs for that matter??
>
> For now I use AGC OFF, NB OFF,� NR/ANR OFF� Am I on the right track??
>
> Thanks from Dave @ aa1a
>
>
>
>
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