Mine is currently set at AGC THR 15 and SLP 15 (for CW). I'm still playing with SLP, tending to set it higher.
The reason for these settings is I want to be able to hear variation in signal level up to about s-8/9, but not much above that. These settings do require occasional adjustment of the AF GAIN between the strongest and weakest signals, but not much. It depends on one's own comfortable hearing range (plus headphones, speaker acoustics, resonances, perceived amplitude of different CW tones, etc.) But I don't get the point of THR 20 SLP 0. I assume that is pretty much the same as just turning off the AGC. Prior to the recent extension of the THL adjustment I would often turn the AGC off and live with distortion at AF LIM = 20. (I also worried about the AF amplifier stages which someone claimed could be subject to damage when the AGC was off.) I think the K3 sounds a lot better since the latest improvements. But that may be a subjective judgement on my part, or due to propagation, etc. But it sure sounds great to me... 73, Drew AF2Z On Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:01 +0000, Brian/K3KO wrote: >Have you tried these settings? It's easy to do with a signal generator. >You might not like them. > > From what I can tell your settings kick in the AGC at S9. At that >point you have about 54db of audio change from weakest to strongest. >It then goes up from there. How much depends upon how Elecraft has >warped the slope so your ears don't get blown up. > >The AF limiter will probably kick in often and produce a horrible >sounding signal to save your ears. > >The strategy to fiddle with AF/RF controls to keep AF levels acceptable >always seemed an added chore that the radio should be doing. > >73 de Brian/K3KO > > >On 5/23/2012 00:31, Dave Hachadorian wrote: >> I'll be in the WPX CW this weekend, using the rare prefix call >> sign KZ7X. I'm hoping for some good pileups to test things out! >> >> I'll be using these settings: >> agc dcy soft >> hld 0.2 >> pls nor >> slp 0 >> thr 20 >> f 200 >> s 020 >> af lim nor 030 >> front panel agc fast >> Use min preamp, max attenuator, and min rf gain to keep weak >> signals just clearly readable. >> >> My idea behind those settings is to keep dynamic range as high as >> possible before agc even begins to actuate. >> >> If agc compression becomes a big issue, I will try turning agc >> off, and setting rf and af gain to keep signals in the range >> where they need to be (weak signals readable, and loud signals >> below the AF Limiter). I have a new sensitive headphone setup, >> and new sound deadening in the amplifier that may help in this >> regard. Thanks to K3NA for this idea: >> http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Setting_receiver_gain_controls >> >> That's my plan, and I'm stickin' to it! >> >> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL >> Yuma, Arizona >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
