Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread Bill W4ZV
W5UXH wrote: > > Did 1.3.7.26 have this problem? I just used it for RF cal a few minutes > ago. > Probably OK. I used the oldest I could find which was 1.3.7.5 and it worked OK. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-AGC-THR-doesn-t-go-low-enough-tp5614

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread W5UXH
Did 1.3.7.26 have this problem? I just used it for RF cal a few minutes ago. Chuck, W5UXH Bill W4ZV wrote: > > > If you do get an XG2, be sure to download the latest K3 Utility (at least > 1.3.10.11 or later) which correctly saves the parameters. If anyone else > has done RF Cal recently (i

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
Bill, > If you do get an XG2, be sure to download the latest K3 Utility (at > least 1.3.10.11 or later) which correctly saves the parameters. If > anyone else has done RF Cal recently (i.e. in September), you should > redo it with the new Utility when released. Where does one get 1.3.10.11 or la

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread Bill W4ZV
k5oai wrote: > > On 10/12/2010 8:10 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > > > be sure to download the latest K3 Utility (at least > > 1.3.10.11 or later) > > If it has been released I can't find it on the ftp site? > Still in beta but should be released soon. It works FB on two different units here so I

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread Sam Morgan
On 10/12/2010 8:10 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > be sure to download the latest K3 Utility (at least > 1.3.10.11 or later) If it has been released I can't find it on the ftp site? GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread Bill W4ZV
John Chappell G3XRJ wrote: > > >> My K3 is srl 46xx and the only way I get the quiet background I desire >> is to turn the AGC off. > > > > Problem solved. > > When I built my K3 and came to the Owner's Manual setup procedures on > Page 51 - 'S-Meter and RF Gain control'. Not being in pos

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
RF gain calibration has to be done, whether one has an XG2 or not. Without the XG2 you can set it to factory defaults. The RF gain calibration has to be done after the K3 is assembled and can't be done to the board before shipping a kit version. Although it works without the cal, there are strang

Re: [Elecraft] K3 AGC THR doesn't go low enough - SOLVED

2010-10-12 Thread John Chappell G3XRJ
Problem solved. When I built my K3 and came to the Owner's Manual setup procedures on Page 51 - 'S-Meter and RF Gain control'. Not being in possession of an XG2 I took the statement 'calibration is normally adequate using the factory settings' at face value - and didn't calibrate the rf gain.