This is what N4DSP sent me as a reaction (he is not a mailing list subscriber).
Like N4DSP and in addition to my initial posting, I have compared with my 1000MP, and although I can hear the same station on both rigs, listening with the 1000MP is just more relaxing. =========================================================================== Enno, I do not subscribe to the elecraft reflector so cannot post there. I only read the archives but I am experiencing the very same thing in regards to noise. I have a constant s4 noise level on 40 and s5 on 80 mtrs. My Yaesu FT-1000d is very very quiet with no s mtr movement on those bands and I even wrote to Tom, W8JI, about this but have not heard back from him. I am not sure what the noise was like on earlier versions but at this time it is very very noisy. If you like you can post my info I provided you. I am running the latest regular release. Keep me posted on emails to you and if you succeed in quieting the receiver. 73 john-n4dsp Enno, PF5X wrote: > > Hi all, > > My K3 #1263 was delivered in July with F/W MCU 2.18 DSP 1.84 and I was > really enjoying the RX capabilities of the K3. Now that I have upgraded to > 2.38/1.90 I believe the RX is more "restless" when listening to an "empty" > space on the band. The S-meter is constantly on S5 with pre-amp ON and S3 > with pre-amp OFF on the lower bands (30/40m). I have compensated that a > bit by lowering the AGC threshold (from 5 to 4 now). > I liked the initial F/W wrt AGC behavior better (less fatiguing to listen > to). > > I have read in the F/W history file that changes to the AGC have been made > from F/W 2.22 onwards. So I wonder if other people have the same > experience. > > I live in an urban area so it IS noisy out here. It is just the way the K3 > deals with that noisy background level. > When switching to ANT2 (not connected to anything) the RX goes virtually > silent. > > -- Enno, PF5X > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/AGC-behaviour-tp1114728p1115079.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
