> > ... constant cranking of the RF gain. > > > Not necessarily - if you have a low ambient audio noise floor (isolating > headphones, quiet room, etc) then you can have a wide audio dynamic range > without "constant cranking of the RF gain". > > Several of us have been evangelists for this for quite some time and you > can > search archives/Web for more info. IMHO, listening to a single signal or > tuning the band with a wide audio dynamic range is a much more enjoyable > listening experience. > > 73, Barry N1EU > > Well, I wouldn't dispute that, Barry. In any event, as Guy and Don point out, it seems that the way to attack the perceived degradation of signal/noise is to minimize the effects of the K3's AGC, and/or to turn it off entirely.
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