[Elecraft] [K3] AGC

[Ralph Tyrrell]

Don:
Your setting are so different from mine.
I tried yours, and now I have a brand new K3.

Thank you.

73, W1TF, K3 #696 , K1 # 1423, gets used once in a while.


--- On Fri, 3/6/09, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3]  AGC
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 8:22 AM
> Kieth is correct if the AGC parameters are set high,
> particularly the 
> slope - that tries to make everything the same volume.  If
> you can 
> recall tuning an AM radio between stations, the noise level
> between 
> stations gets louder because there is no signal to hold the
> AGC active, 
> and the AGC is quite aggressive.
> 
> I did not like the behavior of the AGC with the default
> settings, I 
> liked the AGC behavior on my K2.  After seeing the curves
> produced by 
> Jack Smith (Clifton Labs), I changed my AGC parameters to
> more closely 
> emulate the K2.
> AGC PLS off
> AGC SLP 002
> AGC THR 008
> AGC-F 140
> AGC-S 010
> 
> I like my K3 AGC now - weak signals sound weaker than
> strong ones and 
> the noise level does not rise as much.  Your preferences
> may vary.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR