Depends on the band - although I don't venture far off 40 meters, I used to have preamp on all the time on 40 until I read that due to noisy 40, the noise that the preamp amplifies is much harder on the ears than copying a reasonably strong signal without the preamp. I turned it off a year or two ago and haven't even noticed. Of course I may be missing some very weak signals... All depends on who/how you operate.
For higher (and less noisy) bands, I believe preamp is often preferred. --Andrew, NV1B maineware.net .. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Gil G. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am curious as to how much of the time you guys have your preamp on? > Mine is on 100% of the time. I actually never had to turn it off. > I couldn't dream of ever using the attenuator… > My K2 seems to hear pretty well, but not without the preamp. > > Has anyone heard of changing R76 from 10 Ohms to 6.8 Ohms? > > Thanks. > > Gil. > > Gil. > -- > PGP Key: http://keskydee.com/gil.asc > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
