RE: [Elecraft] RF vs. AF gain (was: KX1 vs K1)

2006-11-17 Thread Darwin, Keith
- Don W3FPR said - ... one can leave the AGC on to help protect the ears from the really loud ones. - THIS, I think, is the best of both worlds. The AGC is, after all, just an automatic way to adjust the RF gain. I prefer to use a mix of the two. Turn the R

RE: [Elecraft] RF vs. AF gain (was: KX1 vs K1)

2006-11-16 Thread Don Wilhelm
Craig, The RF Gain control is a device that can be effectively used when you encounter a mixture of strong and weak signals in the receiver passband. With the RF Gain at its full (normal) position, the strong signals will activate the AGC and the weak signals will be reduced too and may not be he

Re: [Elecraft] RF vs. AF gain (was: KX1 vs K1)

2006-11-16 Thread Rick Dettinger
> Forgive me for asking a question below my license class, but this is > something I've never figured out: Under what circumstances does an RF Gain > control do me any good? I always operate my K2 with RF Gain fully clockwise > and use AF Gain to control volume. I've monkeyed with RF Gain but it

RE: [Elecraft] RF vs. AF gain (was: KX1 vs K1)

2006-11-16 Thread Craig Rairdin
> I would like an RF gain control and have even considered sacraficing > the AF gain control to add one but that is just my operating style. Forgive me for asking a question below my license class, but this is something I've never figured out: Under what circumstances does an RF Gain control do me