[Elecraft] K3: RF Gain, Squelch

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Alan Bloom wrote:
>On most radios, the term "RF Gain" is actually a misnomer.  The control 
>should really be called "IF Gain".
>

This includes the K3; manual RF gain control or AGC are not applied to 
any stage ahead of the first mixer.

The "RF Gain" control operates on only one stage, the 8.215MHz IF 
amplifier, which is also controlled by the hardware AGC.

The only controls in the K3 that affect signal levels *ahead* of the 
first mixer are the PREamp and ATTenuator buttons - just two steps of 
about 10dB each.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek