As far as I'm concerned, the main objective would be to limit AGC action. Depending on the radio, this might mean turning down RF Gain/turning up AF Gain, increasing AGC Threshold, or turning off AGC. But for this to work, you need a wide audio dynamic range so that you have a high ceiling above the faintest signals you can discern - otherwise the static crashes will blow your eardrums out with the high AGC threshold. K3NA has written extensively on the subject - Google will list his articles.
If you don't have a wide audio dynamic range, you'll have to resort to other methods but you'll always be hamstrung in battling with the AGC. Barry N1EU On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:57 AM, Robin <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe this is a good time to share the techniques we individually find > successful for > hearing through the giant sparks. > > Directional receive antennas, obviously, > > Receiver AGC? > IF bandwidth? > IF and RF gain distribution? (includes antenna preamps) > what classes of digital processing do better? > what's the best way to keep the receiver processing from ringing and > increasing the > effective duration of the crash? > noise blanker performance? > post receiver audio processing? > can you let the IF strip "clip" in a modern receiver and be an effective > "peak limiter" > without serious ringing? > > What do YOU do? and with which receiver? > > some shared experience might remind all of us of things to try to hear > when the big sparks > are flying > > Robin, WA6CDR > > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
