----- Don W3FPR said -----
... one can leave the AGC on to help protect the ears from the really loud ones. ------------------------- THIS, I think, is the best of both worlds. The AGC is, after all, just an automatic way to adjust the RF gain. I prefer to use a mix of the two. Turn the RF gain down until the background noise is just a bit above the receiver noise floor and then let the AGC do the rest from there. If I'm rag chewing with a strong station, I'll turn the RF gain down so the AGC is just kicking into action on the weak part of his signal. Then, I get the benefit of AGC handling the QSBs of this signal (whether fast or slow) plus I get the nice high S/N ratio that you get with turning the RF gain down. RF gain control is ESPECIALLY useful in a rig with an audio derived AGC. Back the RF gain down and most of the initial pop of a strong signal disappears. When I had my K1 (which convinced me to get a K2 BTW) I did miss the RF gain control. And with my K2 in the process of becoming a K2/100, I'm beginning to think about getting a K1. Clearly the disease continues :-) And, yes, I believe the K1 sounds even better than the K2. 73! - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411 - _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
