Is it unusual or does it cause any problem to have a filter gain setting at 
it's max value?  Is that gain occurring in the IF DSP or elsewhere?  
Following the procedure below I ended up with the gain for my 400 Hz roofing 
filter set at the maximum 8 dB setting.
 
I used the Elecraft XG1 (set at 50 microvolts output level) direct into the K3 
(sn 1774) which was in CW mode and set initially to the 7040 kHz nominal 
frequency of the XG1.  I then used the CWT and SPOT controls to tune more 
accurately, showing the oscillator to be about a 0.1 kHz low.  At the stock 2.7 
kHz roofing filter width the AFV indicated 1248.  With the 1.8 kHz roofer it 
showed 1275 and initially the 400 Hz filter showed around 1130(?) with the FL3 
GN set at 2 dB per the "typical" mentioned in the manual.  But using the AFV 
indicator, I ended up increasing the FL3 GN to 8 dB, it's maximum setting.  
This brought the AFV indication for the 400 Hz filter up to 1250.  Switching 
between the filters and just listening, the signal levels do sound exactly the 
same.
 
In the analog world, I'm sometimes concerned about "calibration" controls set 
at their extremes but maybe it is an non-issue here?
Thanks, Barry, K6RM
 
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