[Elecraft] K3 AGC settings w/ MCU 4.51

[Dave Hachadorian]

Here are my AGC settings:

AGC Decay: soft
Hld: 0.2
Pls: nor
Slp: 0
Thr: 20
F: 200
AF lim: nor 030

Here are my observations, using those settings, during WPX CW:
http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Rev-4-51-firmware-what-AGC-settings-worked-on-big-pile-ups-with-loud-AND-weak-signals-in-the-WPX-td7556676.html#a7556700

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, Arizona




-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Lee
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 2:07 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 AGC settings w/ MCU 4.51

Hello All,

I own a K3, am running MCU 4.51, and operate virtually 100% cw.
With
respect to MCU 4.51, I note that the software site says,


"AGC IMPROVEMENTS: AGC threshold (CONFIG:AGC THR) can now be set
much
higher, and the AGC has better (more monotonic) response curves.
Greatly
improves signal clarity in pile-ups and other high-noise or
dense-signal
situations, especially with threshold set to 12 or higher. NR and
Auto-Notch can be used at all threshold settings."


I set the AGC threshold up to 12 and find that stronger signals
are too
loud and strident, while weak signals are almost inaudible. I
have the
AGC decay on 'soft'; AGC hold on 0.00; AGC pls on 'nor'; AGC slp
on 010,
AGC F(ast) at 120.

I'd like to survey K3 users (using MCU 4.51) WHO ARE SERIOUS CW
CONTEST
OPS WHO LIKE TO RUN, as to their preferred AGC settings (all of
them,
not just threshold).

Thanks much for the input from the cw contesters who like to run!

73,
-Rich, W2EG