[Elecraft] K3 settings question

[parinc1]

As I recall, Ten Tec was known  for setting their AGC threshold quite low. The result was that owners always commented on how "quiet" their receivers were.
Turn off the AGC and then compare your volume settings.
 All a matter of taste.
 Dale W4OP

From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Chris <ve3uvt at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 10:45 AM
To: David Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
Cc: Reflector Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 settings question

It is interesting to see the AGC THR makes a noticeable difference, and I
will do the same as you suggested.

Another note is that the audio volume is much different between them. The
one with 09xx serial number is noticeably louder. When 09xx is set at the 9
o'clock position, 8xxx needs to be at 12 o'clock to have a comparable audio
volume.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris


On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 10:19 AM David Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It's probably the AGC settings.  Here are my favorites:
> agc dcy soft
> hld 0.2
> pls nor
> slp 000
> thr cw20, rtty17, ssb15
> f 200
> s 020
>
> I have pf2 programmed to bring up agc thr, so I can change it when
> switching modes.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
> On 10/7/2024 6:24 AM, Chris wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a happy owner of K3.  I came across another K3 with an early serial
> number below 1000 in good condition at a local hamfest.  It works well,
> somehow better than my current K3, so my first reaction was, Wow.  It seems
> to have a lower noise floor and sounds slightly better.
>
> My question is, how can it be?  I have yet to compare all the settings for
> either radio.  The filter in my current K3 is 2.7kHz, and the new (new to
> me) K3 has 2.8kHz.  I am not 100% sure these filters can make that much
> difference.  Besides that, all hardware configurations are pretty much the
> same.  They both have updated KSYN3A modules.  This K3 with a lower serial
> number has KAT3, and my current K3 doesn't because I have KAT500.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris KM1B
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