[Elecraft] [K3] AGC White Paper

[Bill Frantz]

What I get using a relatively flat AGC is automation of my 
riding the RF gain control. I don't see how this kind of 
automation affects decoder performance. It should help 
performance as the decoder has a nearly constant level signal to 
work with. Please explain.

Thanks - Bill AE6JV

On 3/7/17 at 11:37 AM, ed at w0yk.com (Ed Muns) wrote:

>Just the opposite.  Most digital signal decoders work best with the least
>AGC action possible, even AGC Off.  AGC constrains decoder performance.
>
>Ed W0YK
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill
>Frantz
>...
>Now to use SLP=15 for digital, where I want the AtoD to not 
>have to deal with a big range, while using something with more 
>dynamic range for voice/CW.

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