[K3] [Elecraft] FLx GN Adding Db gain

David Wilburn dave.wilburn at verizon.net
Wed Nov 12 10:09:50 EST 2008


Could the built in two tone generator be used as an input for this? 
Now to download the latest manual and read about the "audio voltmeter" 
I did not realize it had.  ;)

David Wilburn
NM4M




Craig D. Smith wrote:
> I have the full range of filters, from 13 KHz to 200 Hz and found that there
> isn't enough adjustment range to get them all exactly equalized.  That is,
> with the 2.7 KHz set to 0 (minimum possible) and the 200 Hz set to +8dB
> (maximum possible) the 200 Hz was still 2 dB down from the 2.7KHz.  So what
> I did was to equalize the three filters that I use for CW (my primary mode
> of operation) at one value and equalize the 13KHz and 2.7KHz filters at
> another value (used for MW, SW listening, etc).  This seems to work out
> quite well in practice.  Here is what I ended up with.  The first column is
> the variation in dB with the AGC off.  The second is with the AGC on.  I
> used a signal generator and the K3 built-in audio voltmeter for the
> measurement.
> 
> Filter    w/o AGC    w AGC
> 13 K       -0.5       -0.1
> 2.7 K         0           0
> 1.0 K      -2.1       -0.4
> 500 H     -1.5       -0.3
> 200 H     -2.0       -0.4
> 
>            73
>                      ... Craig  AC0DS
> 
> 
> 
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