Have not forgotten this. Have been sick for a while. It's on my reply list. 73, Guy
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:58 PM, glcazz...@alice.it <glcazz...@alice.it> wrote: > > Many thanks Guy for you help. > I use K3S from april and can be that I havent set at the best the rig. > I work 90% CW, usually with 500hz 5 pole filter, sometime with the 200hz 6 > pole. > Usually I work 40-20-17-15-10 meter, in contests also 80 meters. > In these last months I worked expecially 40-20-18-15. > Usually I have AGC slow for ragchewing and fast for contests, always qsk > with a bug. > PRE - no > ATT- no > AGC - slow, sometime fast > ANT - a Force 12 C4 yagi (2el 20 - 3el 15 - 3 el 10m - 1 element 40m 17m > 12m - also have a dipole 80m-40m inv vee low on a roof at 5th floor; the > yagi is 8m high from this roof (composite material, including aluminum > layer), the buildings around are lower. > RX ANT - no > WIDTH - the same as xtal filter, 500hz or 200hz. > > in the CONFIG MENU I have: > AGC DCY - nor > AGC HLD - 0.00 > AGC PLS - nor > AGC SLP - 012 > AGC THR - 005 > AGC-F - 120 > AGC-S - 020 > > Now with the 500hz filter and agc fast, no preamp no attenuator, ant yagi > to north america, in this moment, I have this noise (local time 22.00): > 40m---- S7 > 20m ----S4 S5 > 17m --- S3 S4 > 15m - S3 > 12 m --- S1 S2 > 28mhz--- S4 > Some time of the day noise from long range radar, wide spectrum military > emissions or domestic applience or lights noises go up to S9. > > You asked the higher signals that I receive: say 20dB over S9 or even 30dB > over S9 from a pair of local hams at the other side of my town. > > But I work all kind of signals low and high (327 countries DXCC and a lot > of ragchew CW). > > Thanks for your patience :) > > Ian IK4EWX > > > > > > > ----Messaggio originale---- > Da: k2av....@gmail.com > Data: 13-ott-2016 21.08 > A: "Gian Luca Cazzola"<glcazz...@alice.it>, <donw...@embarqmail.com> > Ogg: Re: [Elecraft] K3S - K3 Noise Blanker and Noise Reductor > > > Hi, Ian, > > Can you possibly tell me these settings, please? You are getting > results very, very different than I do. > > What bands are you using? > > On each band in question, what is the noise floor on the s-meter when > the band is open. > > On each band in question, what is the s-meter reading for the loudest > signals you are receiving when the band is open. > > On each band in question, what are these settings made from the front > panel: PRE, ATT, AGC, ANT, RX ANT, WIDTH, > > What are these settings made in the CONFIG MENU: AGC DCY, AGC HLD, AGC > PLS, AGC SLP, AGC THR, AGC-F, AGC-S > > There is some kind of interaction with NB and NR for each of these. > Perhaps there are one or two of them that are reducing your results. > > 73, Guy K2AV > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
