On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 11:06, Darwin, Keith wrote: > I did my comparisons a few years ago so what follows is my recollection > of my tests.
... > Drake 2B vs. K2 > > The Drake is a fabulous sounding rig. Very clean, smooth, sweet. > Unfortunately, it has a very aggressive AGC so you'll never hear a quiet > band as the AGC ramps up the gain when there is no signal to provide a > constant full-blast noise floor. ... > I also recorded CW signals and examined their waveform. The Drake's AGC > was rather slow to kick in so the leading edge of each dot/dash had a > 1/2 to 1 cycle spike that was 2x the height of the rest of the signal. > After a cycle, the AGC had caught up and the rest of the waveform was > much more controlled. Interestingly, this leading edge spike of sorts > did not add any nasty artifacts to the audio. I had a 2B many years ago. The thing that absolutely amazed me about that radio is that you could run full QSK with the AGC enabled. I never saw another receiver that could do that. Al N1AL _______________________________________________ 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
