[Elecraft] Re: When do you use fast AGC?

[Fred Jensen]

Many [very many :-) ] years ago as a coastal marine op, we *always* ran 
the AF gain wide open and used the RF gain only.  As I remember it, the 
main reason was that with the RF gain up full, there often wasn't enough 
BFO injection on strong signals in the receivers of that era.  It ran up 
the S-meter of course, but in commercial practice, a QSA reply did not 
require an S-meter anyway.  We also wore the cans forward of our ears to 
protect somewhat against very strong unexpected signals. 
Electro-magnetic cans with the steel diaphragm could emit some raucous 
sounds when overdriven.

I wonder sometimes what those now-expired OT's who banged the 16-yr old 
kid around would think if they could try out my K2?  FWIW, I run my K2 
on fast-AGC on CW which is essentially all the time.

Fred K6DGW