[Elecraft] Re: K1 AGC time constant [and how to radically improve K1 AGC]

[wayne burdick]

Tom,

The selected part really is 2.2 uF, which provides a long enough AGC 
hold time to prevent annoying leading-edge effects during slow CW copy. 
If you mostly listen to much faster CW, you can certainly drop the 
value.

In any case, the decay time will be roughly proportional to the 
strength of the incoming signal. Normally you won't see signals big 
enough to result in a delay this long.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Apr 5, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Tom Althoff wrote:

> I think what Ron and I were shooting for was not a really fast AGC but 
> more
> of a "Not-so-gosh-darned slow" AGC.


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