On 12/1/2015 10:59 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
If there is an extra strong signal in the passband of the receiver,
having AGC on will reduce the strength of all signals within the
passband, but with the K3, all it takes is a turn of the width and
shift knobs to isolate the desired signal so that reduction in gain
due to the strong signal is no longer a problem.
Provided the K3/K3S has a suitable selection of narrowed roofing
filters available. If one has only the single default 2.7 or 2.8
KHz filter, it may not be possible to remove the strong interfering
signal from the *input* to the ADC resulting in hardware AGC action
and/or ADC overload which *can* create the crackling described.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 12/1/2015 10:59 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Peter,
I run digital modes with AGC on, I can't speak for anyone else. The AGC
in the K3 can be customized (see my website www.w3fpr.com).
"supposed to work better with AGC off" sounds like a generalized
statement. If there is an extra strong signal in the passband of the
receiver, having AGC on will reduce the strength of all signals within
the passband, but with the K3, all it takes is a turn of the width and
shift knobs to isolate the desired signal so that reduction in gain due
to the strong signal is no longer a problem. There is no need to have a
full width waterfall when tuning to a specific signal.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 12/1/2015 9:33 AM, Peter Pauly wrote:
What about digital modes? I thought they were supposed to work better
with AGC off?
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com
<mailto:w3...@embarqmail.com>> wrote:
For those with 'Crackling in Headphones', I have to ask if you are
running with AGC off? If so, the limiter can be kicking in and
cause such crackling.
Better than running with AGC off, just leave the AGC on and if you
reduce the RF gain to counter strong signals, the AGC action will
be reduced.
I know old habits die hard, but the K3 is not the same as my old
NC-100 receiver and needs to be operated differently.
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