CWT and RF GAIN

[Steven.Zabarnick]

I find the CWT indicator very useful as a manual tuning aid, for auto  
zero beating using SPOT, and for obtaining the proper decoding  
threshold for CW, PSK, and RTTY. I am also one who uses the RF GAIN  
control to minimize band noise and increase the S/N ratio of weak  
signals. Unfortunately, the CWT indication is greatly affected by the  
RF GAIN setting. Turning down the RF GAIN for weak signals often turns  
off the CWT indication for that signal. In addition, turning down the  
RF GAIN affects the required threshold setting for decoding CW, PSK,  
and RTTY.

I was wondering if it is possible in a future firmware to unlink the  
dependence of the appearance of the CWT marker and the decoding  
thresholds on the RF GAIN setting? I suspect this is not possible, but  
if so it would greatly improve the usefulness of CWT for those that  
use the RF GAIN knob often.

Steve N9SZ
 
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