[Elecraft] Re k3 receive audio

[Tony Estep]

>
> ... constant cranking of the RF gain.
> >
> Not necessarily - if you have a low ambient audio noise floor (isolating
> headphones, quiet room, etc) then you can have a wide audio dynamic range
> without "constant cranking of the RF gain".
>
> Several of us have been evangelists for this for quite some time and you
> can
> search archives/Web for more info.  IMHO, listening to a single signal or
> tuning the band with a wide audio dynamic range is a much more enjoyable
> listening experience.
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
>
> Well, I wouldn't dispute that, Barry. In any event, as Guy and Don point
out, it seems that the way to attack the perceived degradation
of signal/noise is to minimize the effects of the K3's AGC, and/or to turn
it off entirely.

Tony KT0NY