[Elecraft] K3 feature request query?

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Then one starts getting into trouble with using RX antennas with low
gain, where the RX gain and pre usage IS appropriate.  The FT1000MP
*DID* have the de-emphasis you speak about.  Over about a decade of
usage, I wound up turning the de-emphasis off more than not, for use
on RX antennas.

The Orion had an idea about that, having the RF gain numerical and
remembered per band.  Seems very logical.  But it was a near universal
confusion factor for new users.

QWERTY may be an inferior keyboard arrangement to some, but try to
change that, or get rid of the Microsoft "\".

I had a proposal once which engaged most of your concept.  The
reaction to it was ten-to-one negative.  Some things better left
alone.

73, Guy.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 8:33 AM, pd0psb <sailor105 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> I often thought about this as well.
>
> Since the noisefloor is generally much higher on the lower bands, it would
> be nice if AGC threshold or RX IF gain could be scaled in relation to
> bandnoise levels.
>
> To do this you would need to use a table with a few setting points across HF
> and have gain or threshold interpolate between these points. This would
> compensate AGC threshold or IF gain across the full range of the receiver in
> relation to bandnoise levels.
> (It would be nice if this were another industry-first from Elecraft :-)
>
> BTW, an old trick I often used for receive-only is a rather small capacitor
> in series with the RX antenna input, this gives a general decrease of gain
> towards the lower bands, compensating the higher bandnoise levels.
>
> 73'
> Paul
> PD0PSB
>
>
>
>
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