[Elecraft] New AGC FW

[Don Wilhelm]

Gary,

No problem - my goal is that no one become confused because of terminology.

What you report is great news.  This has been a mystifying thing at 
Elecraft for some time because of the difficulties of testing the 
results of any changes.

Thank you for your efforts and comments.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/6/2012 7:07 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
> *Don,
>
> Correct...forgive me for the *brain fade*...yes the new adjustment IS for
> the onset of AGC as you point out. My observations still remain as stated.
>
> Apologies to the grout for my tardiness in explaining what I am
> seeing/hearing.
>
> I will repeat that the muddiness I had before is now not apparent, at least
> to a level that it was and signals are now much easier to make out.
>
> There are some limitations with this FW but that is also being looked at by
> Elecraft but I will leave that for the folks at Elecraft to explain.
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
> *
> On 7 May 2012 08:21, Don Wilhelm<w3fpr at embarqmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> All you said is true --- BUT
>>
>> I am not trying to be argumentative, but the AGC adjustment that has had
>> the range increased is the "Threshold" and not the "delay"  I would not
>> necessarily bring this up, but there *is* a menu setting for AGC DLY, and I
>> do not wish to see owners confused between the Threshold and the Delay.
>>
>> In simplistic terms, the "Threshold" is the RF level at which the AGC
>> begins to be active.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>