Funny Ted, I am starting to use the RF gain more now in the last few months then ever before… Maybe just tired to listening to the noise floor, hi hi. Frank KG9H
> On Oct 29, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Dauer, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe there is another reason to reduce the RF gain with the AF above > what it otherwise would be; and I donąt know that it has anything to do > with AGC or the evolution of detectors over time. I have been doing it > for over a half century and I still do it with my KX3 on CW. In casual > rag chews where the S/N ratio is robust, backing off the RF gain is > another way to get rid of externally-created noise relative to audio > output. It just makes for more comfortable copy. (I almost never do it > with the K3, since that rig is used almost exclusively for DX and contest > work, where comfort isnąt an asset.) Maybe itąs a purely subjective > phenomenon, but it works for me. > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
