[Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough

[Carl Clawson]

Note that my post referenced below sat in limbo for 4 days before showing up
on the list. It's a bit stale.

In the interim, one contributor gave some quantitative info about the noise
measured between CW elements when running full QSK with the RF gain control
set appropriately. If the noise between elements is rising above the level
you had set with the gain control, that seems to be a malfunction.

Is it maybe the case that some other rigs actually suppress the gain a bit
between QSK elements, and are therefore perceived as having quieter QSK? I
could imagine a good argument for a bit of gain suppression in that
circumstance...but then my imagination runs amok quite frequently.

73 and thanks for listening,
Carl WS7L
K3 #486

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Carl Clawson
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:54 PM
>
> Nice writeup, Don. Thanks!