[Elecraft] AGC fast recover after a K3 transmission
Worked my K3 in the IARU contest this weekend (PA6HQ 20m cw). Performed flawlessly except for Yes the AGC, and in the following manner: I am one of thse people who always use AGC slow in CW and in SSB. (Please guys, spare me the comments that I have to ride the AGC, that is not the issue here.) When running in the contest, very strong stations are often followed bij very weak stations. After the K3-transmission the AGC starts at the point where it was left before the transmission. (Lyle explained that before). It would be nice if the Gain was reset in a smart way at the end of a transmission so I would not miss the first letter of a call when a weak station follows a strong one. By the way, this also stands for SSB. It was mentioned that the way that the agc is implemented now was the best in normal QSO'ing and I agree. But the K3 was built to be top performing in heavy contest / pile-up environment. And if the call rate is high, a recovered agc at the beginning of a reception looks like a fine feature to me. Would be nice if this smart reset for the agc could be implemented in the menu? Any one say aye? Thanks all, 73 Arie PA3A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] AGC fast recover after a K3 transmission
What version of the firmware are you using? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Arie Kleingeld PA3A p...@xs4all.nl wrote: Worked my K3 in the IARU contest this weekend (PA6HQ 20m cw). Performed flawlessly except for Yes the AGC, and in the following manner: I am one of thse people who always use AGC slow in CW and in SSB. (Please guys, spare me the comments that I have to ride the AGC, that is not the issue here.) When running in the contest, very strong stations are often followed bij very weak stations. After the K3-transmission the AGC starts at the point where it was left before the transmission. (Lyle explained that before). It would be nice if the Gain was reset in a smart way at the end of a transmission so I would not miss the first letter of a call when a weak station follows a strong one. By the way, this also stands for SSB. It was mentioned that the way that the agc is implemented now was the best in normal QSO'ing and I agree. But the K3 was built to be top performing in heavy contest / pile-up environment. And if the call rate is high, a recovered agc at the beginning of a reception looks like a fine feature to me. Would be nice if this smart reset for the agc could be implemented in the menu? Any one say aye? Thanks all, 73 Arie PA3A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- 73, Guy K2AV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] AGC fast recover after a K3 transmission
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:26:11 +0200, Arie Kleingeld PA3A
p...@xs4all.nl wrote:
Worked my K3 in the IARU contest this weekend (PA6HQ 20m cw).
Performed flawlessly except for
Yes the AGC, and in the following manner:
I am one of thse people who always use AGC slow in CW and in SSB.
(Please guys, spare me the comments that I have to ride the AGC, that is
not the issue here.)
When running in the contest, very strong stations are often followed bij
very weak stations. After the K3-transmission the AGC starts at the
point where it was left before the transmission. (Lyle explained that
before).
It would be nice if the Gain was reset in a smart way at the end of a
transmission so I would not miss the first letter of a call when a weak
station follows a strong one.
By the way, this also stands for SSB.
It was mentioned that the way that the agc is implemented now was the
best in normal QSO'ing and I agree. But the K3 was built to be top
performing in heavy contest / pile-up environment. And if the call rate
is high, a recovered agc at the beginning of a reception looks like a
fine feature to me.
Would be nice if this smart reset for the agc could be implemented in
the menu?
Any one say aye?
Thanks all,
73
Arie PA3A
{snip}
Nay
Tom, N5GE
n...@n5ge.com
K3 #806, K3 #1055
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W1 and other small kits.
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Re: [Elecraft] AGC fast recover after a K3 transmission
Firmware is latest beta. Arie PA3A -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: guyk...@gmail.com [mailto:guyk...@gmail.com] Namens Guy Olinger K2AV Verzonden: maandag 13 juli 2009 3:17 Aan: Arie Kleingeld PA3A CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Onderwerp: Re: [Elecraft] AGC fast recover after a K3 transmission What version of the firmware are you using? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
