Welcome to the wonderful world of the K3 Joe. I tend not to use reduced RF gain, letting the AGC do the work for me. Just a few areas to watch:
AGC PLS = nor (otherwise light switches and similar electrical clicks will punch a hole in your RX audio) On SSB the normal centre frequency is 1.5 KHz, when you reduce the bandwidth it's worth shifting the centre down a little. The AFX delay feature can make signals sound very nice, try it on stereo headphones. I have a couple of cheap HiFi bookshelf speakers on my K3 and the audio from a local medium wave broadcast station is excellent, enhanced by the AFX effect too (6 KHz roofing filter and general coverage board fitted). It's a waste of a K3 to listen to broadcast stuff - but it sure sounds good. Try altering the AGC as it makes a big difference to how signals sound, too much and all signals sound to be the same strength, too little and you have to keep adjusting the AF pot. I don't need NB here, so can't comment. Noise reduction doesn't do anything for me, no matter what I adjust it detracts from the signals. 73 Dave, G4AON K3/100 #80 (Nov 2007 vintage) =============================== S/N 2120 is built !! I am now in the process of setting up the controls for initial SSB tests. For Xmit Waynes suggestions are great For Rcv I could use some suggestions ie RF vs AF settings, NB, NR, etc Thanks in advance ----- Joe W1JGS _______________________________________________ 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
