I used the AGC settings mentioned below for the entire WPX CW Contest this weekend, and they worked well for me - 1750 QSO's on 15 meters. There is a sweet spot for the RF gain control, where more or less makes extremely weak signal less readable. I set the control at that point, and rarely had to adjust it, only when there were multiple very loud stations calling me in a pileup. AF gain was kept at a fairly low level. Basically, it was like operating with AGC OFF, except for the very loudest signals. After using the new firmware for 32 hours in a contest, I think it is a significant improvement. The linear range of overall gain from the weakest detectable signal to the point where compression begins has increased noticeably. On 15 meters, I had the preamp ON and attenuator OFF.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, Arizona -----Original Message----- From: Steve Ireland Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 7:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Rev 4.51 firmware - what AGC settings worked on bigpile-ups with loud AND weak signals in the WPX? G'day Unfortunately my tower has been down for a couple of weeks now owing to a dead rotator and I missed out on playing around the new 4.51 version AGC settings in the WPX CW. I'm sure those of us on the reflector who couldn't get on in the WPX CW would be very interested to see what worked out. Prior to the contest, at least one serious contester (K6LL) was going in with fast AGC, using the minimum of RF gain (no preamp) and the following menu settings: AGC Decay: soft Hld: 0.2 Pls: nor Slp: 0 Thr: 20 F: 200 AF lim: nor 030 This seemed a pretty good set-up based on my own experience - be great to hear if these setting worked for both loud and weak signals and, if not, what did. All comments would be appreciated! Many thanks! Vy 73 Steve, VK6VZ ______________________________________________________________ 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
