Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-16 Thread Lu Romero
Dave: My next experiment will be to have an N1MM logging program macro available to send RF Gain command RG090 if a loud pileup shows up. RF Gain will be returned to 200 by appending the RG200 command to the thank you message. This should be the ultimate in riding the RF gain control.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-15 Thread Arie Kleingeld PA3A
Dennis, Thanks for this try-out! I'm looking forward to hear the results. Some suggestions: - switch the PLS off. My experience in CW contests is that the PLS function will treat fast strong CW signals as pulses and will bypass the slow AGC for the first few dots of a signal. - maybe set the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-15 Thread Cady, Fred
Slope 0 flattens the agc response. Have a look at some curves on The AGC Story on ke7x.com -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on behalf of Arie Kleingeld PA3A Sent: Thu 12/15/2011 3:08 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-15 Thread Bill W4ZV
Dennis I'd consider the following minor tweaks to your AGC settings: HLD 0.20 AGS-S 040 Most importantly, set your RF Gain back so that the S-meters rest above the residual noise floor (including clicks, phase noise, etc). Once RF Gain is set, then adjust AF Gain to suit your ears/headphones.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-15 Thread Arie Kleingeld PA3A
Fred, Maybe I did not express it right: I want some more activity from the AGC means for me: audio response more flat with different signal levels. SLP 15 is most flat audio level in this case. 73, Arie PA3A Op 15-12-2011 15:17, Cady, Fred schreef: Slope 0 flattens the agc response. Have a

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-15 Thread Dave Hachadorian
Yuma, AZ -Original Message- From: Dennis Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:53 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend This weekend I will be participating in the Stew Perry 160M contest, as will many of you. For the contest, I've arranged to do

[Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-14 Thread Dennis
This weekend I will be participating in the Stew Perry 160M contest, as will many of you. For the contest, I've arranged to do some testing of the IMD Mod as put forth by N6KR in a recent email. I will have two K3s available, one with the IMD mod (2uf in parallel with the .1uf already on the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC Mod Test This Weekend

2011-12-14 Thread Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU
Here's a link to the message from Wayne N6KR that Dennis W1UE is referring to. It's buried in a thread about contest scores. http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Fw-CQ-WW-DX-Contest-CW-2011-Unofficial-claimed-scores-tp7060148p7061538.html -- View this message in context: