Richard, All controls are not for everyone. There are those who "just want to operate", and the default setting should be their choice. For those who want performance enhancement, then several of us are trying to give instructions about how to effectively do that - because the K3 does provide those performance enhancement tools. We are not making up for deficiencies in the K3 design, but are talking about how to best use the tools available for extreme operating circumstances. These suggestions may not be for everyone.
Those performance enhancement tools will be used differently depending on the circumstances of band conditions, antenna selection, and operator preferences. Not everyone will want or need to use those tools. Comparing it to driving a high performance vehicle. If you just want to cruise the streets, the normal settings will suffice, but if you want maximum performance on the race track, you will want to use all the tools at your disposal, and customize them for the track being used and the driver's preferences (these may be different for every race). Those who want to just use the standard setting for this "race" will likely not come in as front-runners, but they certainly can participate. Just how much you want to "dance the AGC up and down" is a decision each owner must decide for him/herself, no one answer fits all. Use the default settings if you do not want to make any decisions or do not want to do any experimenting (trial runs). In the meantime, the information gleaned from the various comments here will allow those interested in fine tuning their K3 to do so in an intelligent and orderly manner. 73, Don W3FPR [email protected] wrote: > Guy- > > It would appear that some K-3 owners really enjoy dancing around wasting > time and energy "dancing the AGC up and down" ... and forever fooling with > DSP adjustments... but there are some of us who do not enjoy that at all! > For me, there are MUCH better uses of time when running during a contest > than fooling around dancing with the AGC & DSP settings. Further, dancing > with the AGC & DSP simply isn't neccessary in a well engineered modern day > radio. Therefore, "dancing with the AGC should be optional for those who > enjoy doing so. > > 73, > Richard > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
