Thanks for the tip. I adjusted my PC's line input setting and left the RF gain at full. So far so good, and according to the propagation map, I seem to be doing OK for 5 watts. Surprising that some DX stations are even hearing me on 40m as my view towards the east is completely blocked by buildings!
Mni tnx es vy 73 James K2QI On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:03 PM, The Smiths <notforc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > When it comes to the receive side, NO NO NO, do NOT touch the RF gain! You > don't want to lower the gain on the input of the rig. You want to make sure > you have all the gain you can.. again, we're talking about noise level > receiving here. You want to keep your passband filter open wide as well. > DON'T use the Dual PB filter if you're going to use Data mode for this > operation. > > -- > 73 de James K2QI President UNARC/4U1UN ______________________________________________________________ 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