K3 AGC values survey

[Cady, Fred]

Hi All,
It's been a while since the K3 AGC operation was changed (about 4.51) so it might be fun to see what everybody has settled down on using.  It you want to reply here or to me off line, I'll compile the result and post them.
My numbers are:
AF LIM 20 (probably a little high)
THR 12 (about S5)
SLP 0 (best slope)
DCY Soft
HLD 0.3
PLS NOR
AGC-F 120
AGC-S 20

Thanks and 73,
Fred KE7X


Fred Cady
fcady at ieee dot org
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[gm3sek]

The K3 can become many different rigs for different people. The AGC
characteristics are the most configurable of all, so the survey won't be
meaningful without one more key question:

* For what kind of operating?


73 from Ian GM3SEK


>-----Original Message-----
>From: [hidden email] [mailto:elecraft-
>[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Cady, Fred
>Sent: 04 December 2013 21:28
>To: '[hidden email]'
>Subject: [Elecraft] K3 AGC values survey
>
>Hi All,
>It's been a while since the K3 AGC operation was changed (about 4.51)
so it
>might be fun to see what everybody has settled down on using.  It you
want

>to reply here or to me off line, I'll compile the result and post them.
>My numbers are:
>AF LIM 20 (probably a little high)
>THR 12 (about S5)
>SLP 0 (best slope)
>DCY Soft
>HLD 0.3
>PLS NOR
>AGC-F 120
>AGC-S 20
>
>Thanks and 73,
>Fred KE7X
>

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[Gary Gregory-2]

Plus I suspect an individuals hearing also effects what settings are used?

Still, Fred has no doubtgot a use for theinfo but for me, I am in the US
till February so no K3 here to make some notes.

Brrrrrr...and I am freezing. ?....

Gary
On 05/12/2013 7:28 AM, "Cady, Fred" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi All,
> It's been a while since the K3 AGC operation was changed (about 4.51) so
> it might be fun to see what everybody has settled down on using.  It you
> want to reply here or to me off line, I'll compile the result and post them.
> My numbers are:
> AF LIM 20 (probably a little high)
> THR 12 (about S5)
> SLP 0 (best slope)
> DCY Soft
> HLD 0.3
> PLS NOR
> AGC-F 120
> AGC-S 20
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Fred KE7X
>
>
> Fred Cady
> fcady at ieee dot org
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[Cady, Fred]

Good thinking Ian. I have a one track mind - CW contesting.  Mode and kind of operating is important too.
73,
Fred

Fred Cady
fcady at ieee dot org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian White [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 3:19 PM
> To: Cady, Fred; [hidden email]
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 AGC values survey
>
> The K3 can become many different rigs for different people. The AGC
> characteristics are the most configurable of all, so the survey won't
> be
> meaningful without one more key question:
>
> * For what kind of operating?
>
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [hidden email] [mailto:elecraft-
> >[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Cady, Fred
> >Sent: 04 December 2013 21:28
> >To: '[hidden email]'
> >Subject: [Elecraft] K3 AGC values survey
> >
> >Hi All,
> >It's been a while since the K3 AGC operation was changed (about 4.51)
> so it
> >might be fun to see what everybody has settled down on using.  It you
> want
> >to reply here or to me off line, I'll compile the result and post
> them.
> >My numbers are:
> >AF LIM 20 (probably a little high)
> >THR 12 (about S5)
> >SLP 0 (best slope)
> >DCY Soft
> >HLD 0.3
> >PLS NOR
> >AGC-F 120
> >AGC-S 20
> >
> >Thanks and 73,
> >Fred KE7X
> >

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[Nate Bargmann]

My numbers are:
AF LIM 030
THR 010
SLP 008
DCY Nor
HLD 0.00
PLS NOR
AGC-F 120
AGC-S 020

The only variables I have experimented with are THR and SLP.  I mostly
operate phone with some CW and I really don't have any objections to the
way my K3 works.

73, de Nate >>

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[Bill Frantz]

When I got my K3 I was a relatively new ham. I was delighted
that the default settings were good usable values. Having a good
starting point was valuable in learning how to use radios and
the K3 in particular. Kudos to Elecraft.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 12/5/13 at 5:45 PM, [hidden email] (Jeff Cochrane) wrote:

>Whatever the defaults are, that is what I am using.
>I have had no need nor want to change them. (And ditto for most
>other settings in my K3, I found that it works for me 'right
>out of the box')

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