[Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver

[Bill W4ZV]

Ralph Parker wrote:
> 
> I'm used to leaving the RF gain wide open on the MkV, leaving the audio
> gain pretty much alone, and maybe switching between SLOW and FAST
> occasionally. I don't seem to have any trouble hearing the weak ones under
> the strong ones.
> Now I have to fiddle with the RF gain (a small knob hidden amongst the
> others) while running a pileup. Not enough hands (or enough brains).
> 

If you set up your K3 as you described above, I guarantee you will have a
noisy RX.  Furthermore, you are wasting the dynamic range of the K3 (or your
MkV for that matter).  In a previous post I described how to set up the K3. 
Once set up correctly, you should seldom need to touch either RF or AF gain
during an entire contest and can simply let the K3's excellent AGC and
dynamic range do the work for you.  IMHO good ergonomics doesn't mean having
access to 24 knobs that need to be continually adjusted, it means not having
to adjust them in the first place.

73,  Bill  W4ZV


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