Wayne, Thanks for following my saga. What other rig manufacturer would do this and encourage it. Sure makes me glad I chose a K2.
I agree that this mod makes no real performance difference, but just suits a few of us who tend to do things different from most. Plus playing around with radio mods is just so much fun. Darrell On March 7, 2007 11:48 am, wayne burdick wrote: > Darrell Bellerive wrote: > > For those of you following the saga of my AGC obsession, here's the > > latest. > > > > I installed Dave's mod .... > > Darrel, > > Thanks for your careful observations on this AGC range modification. > (And thank you to Dave, as well, for doing the original work.) > > Whenever a modification is proposed, a lot of K2 owners call or write > to us asking if they should make the mod, and whether it will be > incorporated into the design. So, to head off potential confusion, I'll > offer my two cents. > > My opinion is that this mod would only be recommended for those who > frequently turn AGC off, use the RF GAIN control a lot, *and* wish to > fine-tune AGC behavior under these circumstances. From previous > surveys, we've found that 95% of the time, RF GAIN is left at maximum, > and AGC is left ON. So, for most K2 owners, the existing circuit is a > good compromise between functionality and complexity. We would be very > unlikely to incorporate this change or offer a mod kit. > > That said, I'd encourage you (and/or Dave) to write up the modification > in enough detail to be easily duplicated. We'll be happy to add it to > our K2 modifications page. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
