Re: [Elecraft] Seeting digital RX levels - was: ARRL Field Day

2013-06-27 Thread Carl Clawson
Indeed. For instance, my neighbor Ernie, K7EAJ, showed up on 80 m with a PSK31 signal so horrible that I could not copy it at all. Splattered all across the band. Why? He's too close! Once I turned my RF gain way down, his signal was fine. 73, Carl WS7L On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Bill Fran

Re: [Elecraft] Seeting digital RX levels - was: ARRL Field Day

2013-06-27 Thread Mark Petiford
] Seeting digital RX levels - was: ARRL Field Day As far as I can tell, the sound card is the limiting factor in receive IMD generation when using a K3, KX3 or K2. I try to run my receive just below where the computer software indicates the digital levels are distorting, and control that level

Re: [Elecraft] Seeting digital RX levels - was: ARRL Field Day

2013-06-27 Thread Bill Frantz
As far as I can tell, the sound card is the limiting factor in receive IMD generation when using a K3, KX3 or K2. I try to run my receive just below where the computer software indicates the digital levels are distorting, and control that level with the RF gain control. This procedure seems to