Al, your paper looks very helpful for the situation when the concepts need to be studied. After one has a reasonable understanding of the concepts, the stituation that comes up now and then is wanting to change some of the AGC parameters in the K3. I don't know about others, but I tend to forget the direction of parameters such as AGC "slope". Do I want to increase or decrease the number to achieve my intended result? That is not about understanding the concepts, but simply about an arbitrary definition that can be equally "right" whether it is one way or the other. There are many other examples of K3 parameters that have names that don't fully describe what they do. Of course, the parameter names must be (too) short because of the display limitations. However, when one has a P3, that opens up a whole different world in terms of graphic displays. It seems to me that something like an AGC curve could be displayed graphically (as in your paper) right when the parameter is being changed. That way one would not have to worry about a detailed definition; just turn the knob and see the effect. The graph would be made extra helpful by the fact that the actual noise level is visible at the same time. No doubt other K3 parameters could become more user-friendly if treated in a similar way.
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