Re: [Elecraft] K2 Ser no. 3181

2004-07-28 Thread Dale Boresz
Hello Ron, Your AGC threshold has a huge effect on the range of adjustment of the RF gain control. If the AGC threshold is set too high - meaning that you are generally operating with very little AGC action - your RF gain control will have very little effect. If you lower your threshold,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Ser no. 3181

2004-07-28 Thread Don Wilhelm
Ron, The 'RF Gain' in the K2 is actually an IF gain control and it only controls the gain after the selective elements. All the stages ahead of the IF amplifier operate at fixed gain levels. In many receivers where the RF stage is gain controlled, my experience is that the gain can be made