K3 Feature request

[W8ZN]

Now that the K144XV is available and a lot of us are planning to use it to drive microwave transverters, it would be really nice if there was some way to easily adjust IF gain. I know there was a gain change after 3.97 so it appears this is available in the firmware. Is there a way that along with RF freq, IF freq and offset offered in the XV config that there could be a gain per band setting added? When you add a transverters, most times the transverter has a fair amount of conversion gain and having the S-meter sit at S5 with noise doesn't help dynamic range. For eme'ers, we typically have lots of gain in preamps that drives the S-meter up. Using the ATT works but it's either in or out, nothing in between.

Just a thought.

Terry Price - W8ZN  ex K8ISK
FM18dv - 1.8MHz thru 47GHz
K8GP - The Grid Pirates - FM19bb
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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

The only change in f/w was to the S-Meter calibration on 144 Mhz. there
was no change in sensitivity and the gain of the K144XV is fixed in h/w.

We are revisiting the cal level for the S-Meter on 144 MHz.

73, Eric
www.elecraft.com
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On 11/10/2010 5:36 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Now that the K144XV is available and a lot of us are planning to use it to drive microwave transverters, it would be really nice if there was some way to easily adjust IF gain. I know there was a gain change after 3.97 so it appears this is available in the firmware. Is there a way that along with RF freq, IF freq and offset offered in the XV config that there could be a gain per band setting added? When you add a transverters, most times the transverter has a fair amount of conversion gain and having the S-meter sit at S5 with noise doesn't help dynamic range. For eme'ers, we typically have lots of gain in preamps that drives the S-meter up. Using the ATT works but it's either in or out, nothing in between.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Terry Price - W8ZN  ex K8ISK
> FM18dv - 1.8MHz thru 47GHz
> K8GP - The Grid Pirates - FM19bb
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