[Elecraft] K3 settings question

[David Sumner]

Chris, check the settings under CONFIG: AF GAIN. It is switchable between
low and high.

73,
Dave K1ZZ
.

On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 1:36 PM parinc1 <parinc1 at frontier.com> wrote:

> 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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