[Elecraft] K-3 Contest agc settings

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:51:19 -0700, Ed Muns wrote:

>The PREamp has more impact on RX overload than the AGC in most cases.  On
>the low bands, you may even need to engage the ATTenuator.  Don't make the
>AGC do all the work by slamming it with too much signal strength. 

I'm one of those guys not far from Ed, and I agree with all of his comments. 
I had the preamp off on 20M; on 80 amd 40M, I had the preamp off and the 
attenuator engaged. I am VERY pleased with how well the K3 stands up in a 
crowded band. I have 400 Hz roofing filters in both of my K3s. One of them 
also has a 1.8 kHz filter, and I'll probably add one to the other one. There 
were several times last night when I took the IF down to 50 or 100 Hz to 
pull someone out! 

73,

Jim K9YC