There was a practice session for the Sprint contest on Thursday evening. In the Sprint, one is frequently called by several loud stations at once. I started out with fast agc, max slope and highest threshold, but the multiple loud callers were getting compressed together unless I continuously rode the rf gain control.
After a while I tried agc OFF, and that method was much better for distinguishing stations by their loudness. However, the AF limiter, even set at max 030, was frequently kicking in, which really distorts the audio, so I was back to riding the rf gain again. I think the AF Limiter should have the ability to be set much higher than 030. Audio at level 030 is loud, but my ears can take more than that. Maybe the current hard limiting, with its gross distortion, could be made more gradual. Maybe the fast agc slope and threshold could be even steeper and higher. Otherwise, it's back to riding the RF gain. For some reason, my TS-850 didn't exhibit this problem. Maybe the 850's puny audio amp was self-limiting. Whatever the reason, the 850 was a lot better in this situation. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
