[Elecraft] K3: AGC Adjustment

[Fred Jensen]

Don Wilhelm wrote:

> I don't think it is so difficult that one needs "AGC for dummies".  If 
> you want every signal to have about the same audio level, then set the 
> slope to a higher number, but if you want to hear that a strong signal 
> is louder than a weaker signal by ear (without looking at the S-meter), 
> then go for a smaller numbered slope.  That is what Jack Smith's charts 
> indicate - and I have set my slope to 2 since that setting is close to 
> the AGC response on the K2 which I liked.
> 
> The threshold is set so the AGC will not be active on weak signals - the 
> lower the number, the lower the AGC action will start - set too low, the 
> AGC can become active on band noise and will de-sense the receiver even 
> though there are no signals present.  How much band noise is present 
> will depend on atmospheric conditions, local QRN, and your antenna.

Possibly, that WAS "K3 AGC For Dummies."  I'm gonna go look at mine, I 
was bewildered at first.  Maybe now, not so much.

73,

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA USA