[Elecraft] AGC fast recover after a K3 transmission

[Radio Amateur N5GE]

On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:26:11 +0200, "Arie Kleingeld PA3A"
<pa3a at xs4all.nl> wrote:

>Worked my K3 in the IARU contest this weekend (PA6HQ 20m cw).
>Performed flawlessly except for....
>
>Yes the AGC, and in the following manner:
>
>I am one of thse people who always use AGC slow in CW and in SSB.
>(Please guys, spare me the comments that I have to ride the AGC, that is
>not the issue here.)
>When running in the contest, very strong stations are often followed bij
>very weak stations. After the K3-transmission the AGC starts at the
>point where it was left before the transmission. (Lyle explained that
>before).
>It would be nice if the Gain was reset in a smart way at the end of a
>transmission so I would not miss the first letter of a call when a weak
>station follows a strong one.
>
>By the way, this also stands for SSB.
>
>It was mentioned that the way that the agc is implemented now was the
>best in normal QSO'ing and I agree. But the K3 was built to be top
>performing in heavy contest / pile-up environment. And if the call rate
>is high, a recovered agc at the beginning of a reception looks like a
>fine feature to me.
>
>
>Would be nice if this smart reset for the agc could be implemented in
>the menu?
>Any one say "aye"?
>
>
>Thanks all,
>
>73
>Arie PA3A
>
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Nay

Tom, N5GE

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