[Kenwood] TS 850 Audio Quality

[Jason Lehmann]

Hi All,

I have a 850 and was wondering if anyone could comment on the following =
observation.  I was listening to 40 meters with small headphones last =
night and heard what sounds to be some clipping/popping on audio =
signals.  The noise was around a S5 and the signal was around S9.  The =
AGC was set to fast and the RF gain was at max.  The 850 was in LSB with =
both 2.7 filters engaged.  With these settings the audio sounded as if =
the peaks were getting past the AGC response and popping.  Switching to =
slow AGC helped some but the only true fix was to lower the RF gain.  I =
also tried some attenuation but that didn't seem to change the audio =
quality.  Interestingly enough, when I engage the notch and set the knob =
to anywhere in its range, the audio problem goes away.  I have an IC-746 =
next to the 850 and on the same signal the 746 doesn't have a bit of =
trouble.  Does anyone have any thoughts?  Thanks.

Jason

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