[Elecraft] Contest Settings

[Dave Cole]

Be very careful with the AGC off...  The K3 has enough dynamic range to
blow your ears up pretty well..  I have a neighbor that runs a KW, and
if he comes up on my frequency, while I am listening for weak DX, it
hurts...
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73's, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)

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On Sun, 2016-03-20 at 12:51 -0700, Jeff Kinzli wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> You might also consider "riding the RF gain" route, depending on how
> bad the pileups are.
> 
> Turn AGC off, turn up the RF gain, and modulate RF gain as needed to
> discern signals.
> 
> Be careful though, in this mode AF gain is mostly unbounded, i.e.
> you'll hurt your ears and/or headphones if a signal is really loud.
> 
> For me, I use that mode sometimes when signals are weak, it seems to
> allow for better hearing of weak signals.
> 
> YMMV, 73 de N6GQ
> 
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 6:07 AM, a45wg <a45wg at sy-edm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Fellow Hams,
> >                 Having not Contested for over 5 years - I just had
> > spent the past 24 hours participating in the Russian DX Contest
> > (CW), now I realise that Contests are not everyone’s cup of tea so
> > please no “Contests should be banned”.
> > 
> > But I would be interested in how other contesters set up their rigs
> > 
> > This is what I have been doing -
> > 
> >         0)      Narrow Filter enable (500 Hz)
> >         1)      Very narrow Bandwidth at times even 10-20 (hz?) is
> > too wide.
> >         2)      Vary where I am listening up and down a little
> >         3)      Disable PreAmp
> > 
> > What other steps can I do to make my life (and the other stations I
> > am working easier - I forgot how many times I sent R7?? or NR ??)
> > 
> >         Attentate (Just thought of this)
> >         NR Settings ?
> >         Notch filter ?
> > 
> > Appreciate any input - if you wan to PM me - I will put together
> > the common suggestions.
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> >                         Tim A45WG
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