[Elecraft] K3 - PSK31 - AGC/No AGC

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Don is absolutely correct.

As many may know, I do assist hams with issues associated with many 
different products here and elsewhere.  The biggest issue I encounter is 
the ham that says " well somebody told me to.... blah blah blah blah 
......and it would work best".   In many cases, nothing could be further 
from the truth.   I find today that many hams are more prone to have and 
use old school thinking and methods trying to be used with today's 
radios.  I find this applies to many facets of ham radio equipment as 
being used today.

As I've told many, if you expect the radio  to operate like a Kenwood, 
ICOM or Yaesu, it darn well better say Kenwood, ICOM or Yaesu on the 
front panel.  Otherwise stated, learn to use the Elecraft radio 
correctly in order to attain optimum performance, for indeed they do not 
operate like the others.

73
Bob, K4TAX
K3S s/n 10163
  

On 10/28/2015 7:19 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Those old operating habits (ride the RF Gain and set the AF Gain at 
> max) are still being used by some operators, but it is not necessary 
> for modern receivers which use product detectors - the K2 is included 
> in that list.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR