Terry, With AGC OFF, your first line of defense is to set CONFIG:AF LIM to something in the 18-24 range so that the limiter will jump in to protect your ears when a strong signal appears.
The "AF output protection" feature kicks in at a *much* higher level. To trigger its muting action, you'd have to inject a very strong signal (say S9+50) along with max RF GAIN. We've had a few reports that this AF muting comes in a little too soon in the AGC OFF case, and we'll be updating the firmware soon to move this threshold upward. 73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 10, 2009, at 6:40 AM, Terry wrote: > Sorry I have `missed the boat` on this thread. > I use my K3 most of the time with AGC Off as I find this offers best > weak signal performance. The AF protection, if I understand its > function > correctly, does not seem to be operating on my receiver with AGC off > despite the software update ... ? > > Terry G4AMT > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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