[Elecraft] K3. RX too sensitive for me

[Mike Rodgers]

I've got a lot of noise which I attribute to a sensitive receiver. If possible I would like to find a way to reduce it somehow maybe artificially. This would go a long way towards increasing my listening pleasure. 
My agc dcy is soft. Hold is zero
Pls is nor,slope 10 threshold 8
Agc-f  120. S- 20. I generally keep it on fast. 

S meter noise level usually 4-5
If I could use the rf gain to reduce it to s1 or 2 I'd like that. I know the s meter wouldn't be accurate but I'd like it better instead of now showing s9 or so when backing down rf gain. Would changing the s meter mode to ABS allow the meter to do that?

If the filter gain could go below zero I would do that. Maybe that could be implemented?

Ideas?

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