[Elecraft] AGC & S meter confusion

[Ken K3IU]

Oops... I responded to the wrong email. Sorry.
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No, no, Ken. That was just the subject line of the email thread. The
ORIGINAL problem occurred when turning the AGC OFF, the AGC voltage to the S
meter and IF amp went high causing the IF amp to shut down. In the K2, the S
meter is a visual representation of the level of the AGC voltage being sent
back to the IF amplifier in the presence of strong signals. The stronger the
signal, the higher the voltage sent back to control the gain of the IF amp.
The S-meter gets set with the AGC turned ON.

If you have set your AGC threshold level, S meter Lo, and S meter High
settings per the instructions and are happy with the action you see, then
you probably don't have a problem to solve.

73, Ken K3IU
 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ken Bessler
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:06 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] AGC & S meter confusion

All this talk about "fixing" the AGC has me thinking. I've researched all I
can but I still have a few questions:
 
1) Would my K2 (#4913) benefit from this mod? How can I tell if I need it?
2) The last poster talked about how easy it was to set up his S meter yet he
mentions doing it with the preamp off? I read my XG2 manual and I'm not sure
if that is right or wrong.
 
Help!
 
Ken KG0WX
K2 #4913
 
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