Many [very many :-) ] years ago as a coastal marine op, we *always* ran
the AF gain wide open and used the RF gain only. As I remember it, the
main reason was that with the RF gain up full, there often wasn't enough
BFO injection on strong signals in the receivers of that era. It ran up
the S-meter of course, but in commercial practice, a QSA reply did not
require an S-meter anyway. We also wore the cans forward of our ears to
protect somewhat against very strong unexpected signals.
Electro-magnetic cans with the steel diaphragm could emit some raucous
sounds when overdriven.
I wonder sometimes what those now-expired OT's who banged the 16-yr old
kid around would think if they could try out my K2? FWIW, I run my K2
on fast-AGC on CW which is essentially all the time.
Fred K6DGW
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