[Elecraft] New AGC FW

[Wayne Burdick]

Temporary work-around: manual notch.

Wayne

On May 6, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

>
>> Now we need to be patient to see if the auto-notch feature can be
>> enabled whilst running the new settings.
>
> Agreed but not too patient!  The new settings seem to work find on SSB
> but the loss of auto-notch is the one big miss.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 5/6/2012 10:08 PM, Gary Gregory wrote:
>> *Bob,
>>
>> I concur with all your observations. This is the largest FW  
>> improvement
>> effecting all styles of operation that I can recall in quite some  
>> time.
>>
>> An S3 noise on 40M this morning was easily eliminated and then a  
>> local Ham
>> travelling by was 30db over S9 and I noticed the lack of distortion
>> previously experienced prior to this upgrade.
>>
>> Now we need to be patient to see if the auto-notch feature can be  
>> enabled
>> whilst running the new settings.
>>
>> regards,
>> Gary
>> *
>> On 7 May 2012 11:31, Jim Sheldon<w0eb at cox.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Don, Gary and the group,
>>>
>>> Wayne's earlier comments about the noise blanker working better  
>>> turns out
>>> to be an understatement to say the least.  Not only has the  
>>> clarity of
>>> signals improved by being able to tailor the onset of the SW AGC  
>>> to start
>>> at a higher level and clean up many of the artifacts that created  
>>> problems
>>> before, but it also allows the IF noise blanker as well as the DSP  
>>> noise
>>> blanker to work more like most people's concept of what a noise  
>>> blanker
>>> should be able to do and now does it with FAR less distortion to the
>>> desired signals.  This includes using heavy blanking with strong  
>>> signals
>>> close in.
>>>
>>> I've now been able to eliminate some stubborn power line  
>>> interference that
>>> has been plaguing me for a couple of weeks and due to recent  
>>> tornado damage
>>> a few miles South of me, the power company has not had time to  
>>> find and
>>> cure it yet.  They've been busy replacing the temporary lines&   
>>> poles they
>>> used to get everyone back on line as quickly as they could after  
>>> the storm.
>>>
>>> Now that they are on the right track, I'll bet there will be quite  
>>> a few
>>> more improvements to come.
>>>
>>> Jim - W0EB
>>>
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