AF limiter....SET TO 13 HERE -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ignacy Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 AF Limiter needs higher threshold
I use AF limiter a lot. Settings higher than 25 hurt my ears badly. Ignacy Dave Hachadorian wrote: > > There was a practice session for the Sprint contest on > Thursday evening. In the Sprint, one is frequently called by > several loud stations at once. I started out with fast agc, > max slope and highest threshold, but the multiple loud > callers were getting compressed together unless I > continuously rode the rf gain control. > > After a while I tried agc OFF, and that method was much > better for distinguishing stations by their loudness. > However, the AF limiter, even set at max 030, was frequently > kicking in, which really distorts the audio, so I was back > to riding the rf gain again. > > I think the AF Limiter should have the ability to be set > much higher than 030. Audio at level 030 is loud, but my > ears can take more than that. Maybe the current hard > limiting, with its gross distortion, could be made more > gradual. Maybe the fast agc slope and threshold could be > even steeper and higher. Otherwise, it's back to riding the > RF gain. For some reason, my TS-850 didn't exhibit this > problem. Maybe the 850's puny audio amp was self-limiting. > Whatever the reason, the 850 was a lot better in this > situation. > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Yuma, AZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-AF-Limiter-needs-higher-threshold-tp2279101p2289624. html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
