[Elecraft] Beware! (Learn by doing?) :-)))

[Don Wilhelm]

Jim,

We old-timers learned about that long ago - do NOT turn AGC off without 
first turning the gain down!

As for other receivers not doing that - many do not allow the AGC to be 
turned off at all, they have only AGC Fast and Slow available on a 
button - if one wants to reduce the AGC action, reducing the RF gain is 
about the only way to accomplish it.  At least on the Yaesu FT900 and 
FT847 I know that is true, other transceivers may allow AGC off, but 
those I have encountered recently, except for the K2 and K3, do not.

73,
Don W3FPR

JIM DAVIS wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> A few days ago I was messing around with the K3 (as usual) and having set the AF gain
> control at about 11 O'clock with the AGC set for fast I wondered what would the audio
> results be if I switched "OFF" the AGC with that particular setting.
>
> BIG MISTAKE! When the AGC is OFF the resulting audio thru the speaker almost blew out
> my left-eardrum!!! In other rigs that was never a concern because it would never
> happen (PERIOD!)
>
> Why such a HUGE difference in audio between "on/off" states of (AGC) in the K3???
>
> A "K3" Greenhorn,
>
> Jim/nn6ee
> S/N 2406
>
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