[Elecraft] Re k3 receive audio

[n5ge at n5ge.com]

I set both of my K3s up based on Don's recommendations and found them to be very
helpful.

Tom
N5GE

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:40:41 +0200, Maarten van Rossum <pd2r.maarten at gmail.com>
wrote:

>Mike,
>
>Don W3FPR has a great article about setting your AGC. Another website
>I have found very helpfull is this one:
>http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/elecraft_k2_and_k3_transceivers.htm
>
>I had the same problems you have but now I'm very pleased with my K3 ;-)
>
>Best 73,
>
>Maarten
>PD2R
>
>2011/4/11, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>:
>>   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
>>>
>>> Sent from my spy ring
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