Temporary work-around: manual notch. Wayne
On May 6, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > >> Now we need to be patient to see if the auto-notch feature can be >> enabled whilst running the new settings. > > Agreed but not too patient! The new settings seem to work find on SSB > but the loss of auto-notch is the one big miss. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 5/6/2012 10:08 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: >> *Bob, >> >> I concur with all your observations. This is the largest FW >> improvement >> effecting all styles of operation that I can recall in quite some >> time. >> >> An S3 noise on 40M this morning was easily eliminated and then a >> local Ham >> travelling by was 30db over S9 and I noticed the lack of distortion >> previously experienced prior to this upgrade. >> >> Now we need to be patient to see if the auto-notch feature can be >> enabled >> whilst running the new settings. >> >> regards, >> Gary >> * >> On 7 May 2012 11:31, Jim Sheldon<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Don, Gary and the group, >>> >>> Wayne's earlier comments about the noise blanker working better >>> turns out >>> to be an understatement to say the least. Not only has the >>> clarity of >>> signals improved by being able to tailor the onset of the SW AGC >>> to start >>> at a higher level and clean up many of the artifacts that created >>> problems >>> before, but it also allows the IF noise blanker as well as the DSP >>> noise >>> blanker to work more like most people's concept of what a noise >>> blanker >>> should be able to do and now does it with FAR less distortion to the >>> desired signals. This includes using heavy blanking with strong >>> signals >>> close in. >>> >>> I've now been able to eliminate some stubborn power line >>> interference that >>> has been plaguing me for a couple of weeks and due to recent >>> tornado damage >>> a few miles South of me, the power company has not had time to >>> find and >>> cure it yet. They've been busy replacing the temporary lines& >>> poles they >>> used to get everyone back on line as quickly as they could after >>> the storm. >>> >>> Now that they are on the right track, I'll bet there will be quite >>> a few >>> more improvements to come. >>> >>> Jim - W0EB >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
