[Elecraft] AGC off problem solved

[Ken K3IU]

I was perhaps the first one to encounter this "AGC Off" problem and
ultimately changed X1 to solve the problem. 

Nosey's comment below re the improved S-meter action caused me to try
something. I am currently realigning and tweaking K2 5044 that I built last
August and remembered that there had been (and still is) a lot of
"weirdness" in the S meter action. Very difficult to get it set correctly;
anyway, I decided to replace Ctrl-C8 with a 10 pf cap to see what difference
it made. Well, it made all the difference in the world. Now very easy to set
the AGC threshold level, S meter Low, and S meter High. I checked it with
the 50 mV  from XG-1 and it is about S9 + a wee bit with Pre and Att OFF. It
reacts sanely and appropriately. Nice!

73,
Ken K3IU

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick Waterman
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:54 AM
To: furlan at gmx.net
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] AGC off problem solved

Dr. Werner Furlan wrote:
> I can report a success with my problem I reported yesterday. 
> I changed C8 to 10 pF and now AGC off works as expected. 

Yay! Me too! Much easier than sending off to Elecraft for a new X1. When I
tune the RWM pips with fast AGC, it properly goes "pip sssSSSHH pip sssSSSHH
pip sssSSSHH", and more importantly, when I turn the AGC OFF, the rig
doesn't go deaf. The S-Meter looks a whole lot more believable too, the rig
feels a whole lot more sensitive, and now I can turn AGC off, I can confirm
that my N-GEN really does work after all!