I tried this the other day with no success. That is, the weak signal that was
barely detectable, became so buried in ringing that I couldn't detect it at
all. I think I followed the procedure outlined in Wayne's email below...
Noise was around S5 on 40m and the K3 was configured with APF active. I had my
500 Hz filter selected and varied the DSP WIDTH from 500 to 300 without
substantial improvement. FINE tuning selected.
What am I forgetting?
vy 73,Dave N4KD
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 9:36 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com>
wrote:
Hi all,
This morning I was hearing lots of very weak signals in the 40-meter CW band,
right at today's noise floor of about S-5. (Among others, I copied BG4GOV in
Shanghai.)
Many of the signals were not copyable until I turned on APF (audio peaking
filter). This filter's center peak is very narrow (around 30 Hz), but the
response broadens out quickly below the 3-dB points in the curve. This brings
up the desired signal without allowing noise to cause ringing--something often
heard with narrow filters of the "brick-wall" variety. On a noisy band, the
effect is just short of magic.
APF is very narrow, so you'll need to tune in 1-Hz increments when it is turned
on. Also, APF works best when used with a DSP/crystal filter WIDTH setting of
300-500 Hz.
Use of APF differs for the three transceivers.
KX3: 1-Hz tuning is selected automatically on the when the APF switch is
pressed.
K3/K3S: APF is accessed via a hold of the XFIL switch. This function is labeled
"APF" on a K3S, or "DUAL PB" on the K3). Use CONFIG:DUAL PB to make sure the
selected filter function is APF. See the K3/K3S owner's manual for a
description of the alternate setting. 1-Hz tuning can be selected by tapping
FINE.
You might want to give APF a try if you haven't already.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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