On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:51:06 -0400, "Steve Ellington" <[email protected]> wrote:
Here are my settings for all modes (Hardly ever work phone on HF). AGC DCY nor AGC HLD 0.30 AGC PLS Nor AGC SLP 0 AGC THR 008 AGC F 120 AGC S 008 I too find that a maximum of 400hz on CW kills much of the band noise, but 250hz is IMHO best for QRN & QRM As an aside, when the phone bands are QRN I use from 1.8 to 2.1 settings on my 2.8 filter. On VHF and UHF I use the 2.7 filter in K3 #1055 in the same way. Tom, N5GE K3 #806, K3 #1055 XV144, XV432 W1 and other small kits. http://www.n5ge.com >I enjoy rag chewing on 80 CW during the evenings, even during summertime >conditions. I've been experimenting with various AGC settings. Tonight I had >a QSO with a fellow who was S9 but QRN was hitting 20db over that. >Here's what I'm using. >AGC DCY...........Soft >AGC HLD...........0 >AGC PLS ...........nor >AGC SLP..........003 >AGC THR.......008 >AGC - F...........120 >The AGC F adjustment seems to have little or no effect. Something has >changed because this used to really make an obvious difference. >AGC ....Soft vs. Nor doesn't seem to do much. When it was first introduced >it did too much but now it's rather difficult to tell a difference. BTW, I >usually end up using the 400 HZ filter. It seems to offer the best >compromise for QRN. >Any suggestions would be appreciated. >N4LQ >Steve Ellington >[email protected] [snip] ______________________________________________________________ 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
