Lyle and I have discussed this, and we're certain that we can have the best of both AGC and CW decoding with some further changes to firmware. We'll be looking into it when I get back from vacation.
Wayne On Jun 29, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > Perhaps if you are only talking about the CW decoder, but in general > my > experience with 4.51 is utterly dead opposite of yours. It *DOES* > change a > lot of sweet spots, but once adjusted for those, the improvement in > all > areas is rather extraordinary. Again, the sweet spots for a lot of > things > seemed to have moved, but given the changes in AGC, that's not really > surprising. Using the second receiver in diversity, 4.51 improves > signals > near or at the AGC intercept, allowing a truer separation of those. > We > tested this thoroughly at Field Day, and all who used the K3 with 4.51 > remarked on how good the diversity was. > > Weak signal performance with 4.51 was clearly much better by ear if > one was > using an AGC with lower numbers in the settings. > > 73, Guy. > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:52 AM, W4ATK <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am saving a copy of 4.48 so I can go back to it. >> >> IMHO 4.51 is: >> 1) More difficult to use >> 2) Does not perform as well as 4.48 >> 3) Lacks the weak signal performance of 4.48 >> 4) Requires constant adjustment of the RF Gain control >> >> This was the absolute best CW decoder I had ever used. I am still >> using >> 4.51 but have not yet hit the sweet spot with it. Perhaps others >> are having >> better results and will share AGC settings, threshold setting etc. >> >> I am can copy call signs, signal reports at elevated speeds, but >> alas I am >> CW challenged and am using CW decode to help me get over the 18 to >> 20 wpm >> block. >> >> >> Jim, W4ATK >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
