[Elecraft] Re k3 receive audio

[Don Wilhelm]

  Mike,

It might be the default AGC settings that you are struggling with.  If 
your K3 sounds "noisy" between stations, or between pauses in the other 
station's transmissions, then I suggest that the AGC Threshold and Slope 
settings may not be right for your situation.

Please review the "Noisy K3" article on my website for additional 
information and a guide to choosing your own AGC menu settings.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/10/2011 9:00 PM, Mike Rodgers wrote:
> I've got a 3month old k3. I was impressed with how full bodied or maybe even hi fidelity some of the audio sounded but I eventually grew tired of how the background band noise sounded in my rural QTH. The best I can describe is it had a high edge to it. I eventually went to a vacant frequency and adjusted the equalizer to get the noise to sound more natural to "my" liking. That was fine but the signal audio was now kind of plain or dull or monotone, no more full rich sound.
> I've since discovered that narrowing the bandwidth to 2.4 removes a lot of noise so I'm currently trying that and have changed the equalizer to a more neutral setting. I think I'm liking that better.
> I like to use width and shift. I like to know where their at but I know a lot of
> Operators prefer hi/lo cut on ssb. I'll soon try that as well and hopefully find
> That full audio with non irritating noise.
>
> 73
> Mike R
>
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