Several months ago I did a commentary about autonotch noisy effect and compare it with autonotch of cheapy radios. Responses I got was elecraft is working on solution, but time have passed and all those months autonotch is practically unusable. I'm sure that problem is only a aspect of software optimization
Edu (yy4gmj) On Mar 12, 2013 6:02 AM, "Bill Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote: > It is more than barely noticeable or you would not have mentioned it! I > too have noticed it and it really bugs me - very unlike the fine auto-notch > filters found on the Kenwood, Icom, and Yaesu rigs. The nay sayers in this > group will quickly tell you they don't hear it or give excuses for its > existence. Don't buy into it - the distortion does exist and it is very > annoying. To me, there is no excuse for the notch filter distortion to > exist on the expensive K3 - when it does not exist on $1000 rigs. > > As a work around, I have found the following settings go a long way to > eliminate the distortion. Be advised - these settings are for armchair copy > on 75, 40, and 160 meters. I don't know if they would do well for > contesting or DXing - of which I do neither. > > **K3 settings (Config Menu): > AGC DLY - NORM > AGC HLD - 0 > AGC PLS - NORM > AGC SLP - 4 > AGC THR - 12 > AGC F - 120 > AGC S - 20 > Shift - 1.4 > Width - 2.7 > RF Gain - 90 > ATT - ON > RX EQ 1 -2 > 2 0 > 3 +9 > 4 +12 > 5 +11 > 6 +14 > 7 -16 > 8 -16 > > Be sure to read the "Noisy K3" section on http://www.w3fpr.com/ - > excellent information! > > The disclaimer: Your mileage for the above settings may vary - depending > upon speaker selection, personal preferences, and your hearing acuity. > > Note: I made all of my settings by hand, using the K3 menus. I did NOT > use K3 EZ as that program will sometimes upset the AGC settings. > > > ** > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[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
