Tom Why is your DCY on nor instead of SOFT? SOFT seems to lessen the band noise between CW characters. Does it have any negative effects? Steve Ellington [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Radio Amateur N5GE" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Best AGC settings for QRN?
> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
