The defaults have changed on quite a few things since the 1.4.5 days. For a side by side comparison, you really would need to import the database (or use the tool on our download page to perform a similar operation).
Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Loen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:57 PM > To: Eric Wachsmann > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Front panel rf-af > > Anyone else hearing what I'm hearing? It really does sound different to > me, at least. > > Did something else change? Shapes of the skirts on the filters? > Default noise blanking settings? I have long simply taken the > defaults on all this stuff and it never did me wrong. > > I used 1.4.5 for a long time. > > Eric Wachsmann wrote: > > >Larry, > > > >We haven't changed the functionality. Perhaps the default Max Gain > setting > >is different. But there is nothing I can think of that would cause the > >preamp settings to operate differently short of the Max AGC Gain > settings. > > > > > >Eric Wachsmann > >FlexRadio Systems > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:11 PM > >>To: Eric Wachsmann > >>Cc: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Front panel rf-af > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hovering over the control will give you a good explanation. The RF > Gain > >>>is > >>>essentially controlling the Max AGC Gain while the AF Gain actually is > a > >>>gain control on the output audio from the DSP. > >>> > >>> > >>>Eric Wachsmann > >>>FlexRadio Systems > >>> > >>> > >>This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask -- what, exactly, has > >>been going on with the receiver sound? > >> > >>Well before the current 1.6.2, when I set the "preamp" to Off or Low or > >>Med or High, there was a distinct audio difference between them. > >> > >>Starting with 1.6.2 (probably before, I don't do all betas these days > and > >>made little use of 1.6.1), the differences are far less distinct to my > >>ear. > >> > >>I do note that when I play with the "RF Gain" control on recent betas, > >>that if I set it at "about" 80 per cent, I get something that "sounds > >>like" the way it used to sound and at 100 per cent, it sounds about like > >>1.6.2 in terms of preamp settings. > >> > >>I kind of prefer the sharper delineations, though I don't know if, > >>objectively, it really alters the performance the way it used to. In > the > >>old version of it, reducing from high to medium to low and (on RTTY) > >>sometimes to off really make a marked difference in signal to noise even > >>if the sound itself came down a bit. > >> > >>I know there was a lot of discussion of all of this, but what I > >>experienced is still not quite what all those discussions (to the extent > I > >>read or understood them) would have lead me to believe. > >> > >>Do I want the old behavior? If so, how do I get it? Or, is there > >>something about how the AGC now works that I get the S/N advantages, but > >>more audio after all? Would this answer be the same for RTTY work (of > >>which I've done less of late, but really used the sharp delineations to > >>manage reception quite effectively)? > >> > >>Larry WO0Z > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
