That's my view as well. Stewart G3RXQ On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:09:08 -0400, Steve Ellington wrote: > Perhaps the band noise is more obvious in the K3 because the low frequency > audio is restricted causing the noise to be distributed over a more narrow > range. This lack of bass tends to induce for ear fatigue. > Steve Ellington > n...@carolina.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ab2tc" <ab...@arrl.net> > To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 4:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My K3's hissy and noisy audio >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> In my view the only "problem" with the K3 being "hissy" is the AGC >> threshold. On 20m and below even with AGC threshold set to the maximum >> (008), just the atmospheric noise is at or above the threshold and this is >> indeed tiring to listen to. I solve the problem by turning down the RF >> gain; I notice many others instead turn the AGC slope way up (actually low >> number), which has a similar effect for strong signals. Very high on my >> wish list is for at least another 5dB increase in the AGC threshold. The >> present range 002-008 is just not enough. >> >> >>>Sorry to pop this balloon but I'm in Arizona, USA and I concur. >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> ----- >> AB2TC - Knut >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://n2.nabble.com/My-K3%27s-hissy-and-noisy-audio-tp2588008p2590003.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
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