Re: [Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups)

2010-12-05 Thread Lyle Johnson
Answers interspersed to reduce confusion from top posting. > > The K3's AF Limiter is a HARD limiter that has an abrupt onset > and causes extreme distortion. Precisely. It's sole purpose is to PROTECT your ears, not help you copy weak signals in the midst of strong ones. > ... > Once the limit

Re: [Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups)

2010-12-05 Thread Dave Hachadorian
a, AZ -Original Message- From: Barry N1EU Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:45 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups) It is fundamentally essential to use very high isolation headphones to ac

Re: [Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups)

2010-12-05 Thread Barry N1EU
It is fundamentally essential to use very high isolation headphones to achieve K3NA's dynamic range goal (i.e., to hear the weakest and strongest signals with AGC OFF without kicking in the limiter). It IS achievable. It's not a matter of sensitivity. Barry N1EU Dave Hachadorian wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups)

2010-12-05 Thread Dave Hachadorian
achadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ -Original Message- From: lyle johnson Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:18 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups) The AF Limiter in the K3 is designed to allow you to protect y

[Elecraft] AF Limiter (was Recommended AGC settings for separation of signalsin CW pile-ups)

2010-12-05 Thread lyle johnson
The AF Limiter in the K3 is designed to allow you to protect your hearing when you have the AGC off and gain cranked up to hear the signal buried in the noise just as your neighbor with his beam bore-sighted on your QTH and running the Alpha amplifier starts transmitting on that same frequency