Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: K3 Wide AGC threshold

2010-11-19 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
There was some writeup I seem to remember that there were some conditions where the lower threshold worked better. If one does NOT PREFER using wide bandwidth to tune CW, the current stock setting IS better for some reason that I can't give you. My CW contesting use makes wide filters simply usel

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: K3 Wide AGC threshold

2010-11-19 Thread Bill W4ZV
Bob Henderson-2 wrote: > > The hardware AGC appears to be set at a level which precludes effective > utilisation of the 100dB+ DR of the DSP system. > Hi Bob...spoken like a former Orion user! You're absolutely correct...but it's actually much better than it was originally. Why? I have no

[Elecraft] Fwd: K3 Wide AGC threshold

2010-11-19 Thread Bob Henderson
Guy Thank you for putting me straight on the terminology. Perhaps I can rephrase my question. The hardware AGC appears to be set at a level which precludes effective utilisation of the 100dB+ DR of the DSP system. This seems to suggest the existence of something between roofing filter a