[Elecraft] K3: honest question re Audio Peak Filter

[Merv Schweigert]

The audio bandwidth is extremely narrow,  centered on the tone freq
or some other you set it for,  but its 10db of gain at essentially one
freq.
> I'm with you so far, I'm all about the slobbering.... but if the AF and IF
> bandwidths are already identical, a 10dB boost in audio gain is pretty much
> the same thing as simply turning up the volume, no? Unless the AF bandwidth
> is even tighter than the IF bandwidth... maybe that's how the APF works in
> other radios?
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> Paul WW2PT
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> Steve Ellington wrote:
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>> After filtering the cw signal down to 50hz and you kick in an audio filter 
>> that has 10db or gain, your jaw drops, your eyes glaze over and you 
>> immediately start slobbering about how signals POP OUT OF THE NOISE.
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