I agree. Something is not right here. I just tried the RF gain calibration (3 times) with the Mac K3 Utility. I followed the instructions presented by the program to the letter. I then proceeded to do the S-meter calibration as specified in the manual. Immediately after RF gain and S-meter calibration, everything seemed fine. Sensitivity seemed normal, s-meter responded to signals as expected, turning RF gain full CCW resulted in an s- meter reading of S9+50.
After turning the rig off and back on, however, things are about like W7TEA reports: sensitivity seems reduced, turning the RF gain fully CCW gives an S-meter reading of S3, and a 50uV signal now gives an S5 reading (with preamp on.) I borrowed a Windows computer and repeated the exercise. This time, all was well even after a power cycle. It seems like the problem is with the Mac version of the K3 Utility. 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:48 AM, W7TEA wrote: > > Just ran the RF gain calibration with the new Mac K3 Utility and an > XG2. I > did it > a few times because I would get an ERR DSE error message when > calibrating the SUB rx on occasion. I then went back and re- > calibrated the > S meter. I've noticed three things. > > 1) The rx seems considerably "quieter." The PRE is needed now where I > seldom > used it before. > > 2) Turning RF gain to minimum quiets the rx but the S meter only > advances to > S-5 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
