Yeah, this is normal behavior. Same thing happens on my 857D and all other's radios (i hear). You didn't do anything wrong.
Slava, W2RMS On Apr 5, 2014, at 8:22 AM, drewko <drew...@verizon.net> wrote: > This is typical of HF receivers from years past-- meter indicates > increasing AGC as you reduce the RF gain; only stronger signals will > flicker above the meter's reduced sensitivity indication. > > Supposedly this could be changed in a SDR radio. Some have requested > that the meter not respond in this traditional fashion, but instead > always measure the signal levels "at the antenna terminals" regardless > of the RF Gain setting. > > Your meter reading may also be affected by attenuator and preamp > settings (ATT and PRE), but there is a config option in the K3 to > ignore their effects. However, this 'absolute' setting is still > subject to the RF Gaiin control effect that you noted. > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z > > > On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:24:15 -0700, you wrote: > >> I’ve just completed building my K3/10 (S/N 8115)!!! The PA3 and sub-receiver >> are sitting here but not built/installed yet. Everything seems to work fine >> - completed the TX gain calibration successfully, and the filter setup too, >> of course. However, I’m puzzled by the how the S-meter is behaving. It seems >> to be inversely proportional to the RF gain. With the RF gain all the way >> CCW, all segments of the S-meter are lit. With the RF gain at 12 o’clock, >> half of the segments are lit. Changing bands has no apparent effect on the >> S-meter reading, and it’s rare that any but the strongest stations has any >> effect on the meter. And, with the RF gain fully CW, a few segments are lit >> (depending upon the noise level in the band). This seems backwards to me, >> but this is my first HF rig, so maybe it’s supposed to behave this way? >> Maybe I have some config setting messed up? >> >> Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this! >> >> Thanks! >> >> 73 >> >> Arlen Fletcher, AA7F > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to sla...@nullserv.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
