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I was wondering what position most K2 users set their AF gain control for comfortable listening. My K2's AF gain must be set at about 1-2 o'clock to be able to hear anything. This is the same for internal as well as for various external spkrs. Most of my other radios need the gain only at about 9-10 o'clock for comfortable listening.
Thanks. --Mike, W0RSR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In a quiet shack, listening to the speaker, mine runs about 9 to 10 o'clock
for plenty of audio, using the internal speaker. It's more in the range of 8 o'clock using the 'phones. That's assuming AGC is ON and the RF gain is full up. Of course, a noisy location will change things dramatically! Is yours the same for both speaker and phones? If it's only on speaker, do you have the speaker wired correctly? If you reversed the leads to the speaker itself it'll dramatically reduce the audio because the audio line will be shorted through the case ground. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I was wondering what position most K2 users set their AF gain control for comfortable listening. My K2's AF gain must be set at about 1-2 o'clock to be able to hear anything. This is the same for internal as well as for various external spkrs. Most of my other radios need the gain only at about 9-10 o'clock for comfortable listening. Thanks. --Mike, W0RSR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Mike Baird
Mine is much the sane. It changes some with Frequency. At least in mine.
73 Dohn N8EWY -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of worsr Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:31 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] rx audio output K2 I was wondering what position most K2 users set their AF gain control for comfortable listening. My K2's AF gain must be set at about 1-2 o'clock to be able to hear anything. This is the same for internal as well as for various external spkrs. Most of my other radios need the gain only at about 9-10 o'clock for comfortable listening. Thanks. --Mike, W0RSR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.6/617 - Release Date: 1/5/2007 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Mine is usually set at about 8 o'clock and it is quite loud. The audio drops
a lot if I disable the DSP. I'm using my K2 only for SSB. Harvey KN6VP ----- Original Message ----- From: "worsr" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:31 PM Subject: [Elecraft] rx audio output K2 I was wondering what position most K2 users set their AF gain control for comfortable listening. My K2's AF gain must be set at about 1-2 o'clock to be able to hear anything. This is the same for internal as well as for various external spkrs. Most of my other radios need the gain only at about 9-10 o'clock for comfortable listening. Thanks. --Mike, W0RSR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.4/615 - Release Date: 1/3/2007 1:34 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Mike Baird
Mike,
My K2's AF gain is set at about 8 or 9 o'clock and is at a comfortable level for me. (My shack is a quiet room in the back of the house.) Generally, though, I don't use the K2's speaker. I have a couple rigs and SWL radio whose external speaker outputs are hooked up to a little Behringer mixer board so that I can use a single external speaker in the shack. You might consider something similar if you have more than one radio. It's nice because you can set the rigs at a level comfortable when using the internal speaker in a stand alone set up but also set the mixer board levels so that all rigs sound more or less than same through the external speaker. Then you have a single slider to adjust all rig volume levels. It's a convenience, definitely not a necessity. But it's also not expensive so maybe food for thought. 73, Mike ab3ap worsr wrote: > I was wondering what position most K2 users set their AF gain control > for comfortable listening. My K2's AF gain must be set at about 1-2 > o'clock to be able to hear anything. This is the same for internal > as well as for various external spkrs. Most of my other radios need > the gain only at about 9-10 o'clock for comfortable listening. > > Thanks. > > --Mike, W0RSR _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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>My K2's AF gain must be set at about 1-2 o'clock to be able to hear
anything. Could your AGC be too agressive? What happens to AF gain as you turn AGC off (Press AGC and PRE/ATT simultaneously). If gain increases considerably the pot on the back of the control board needs some adjustment. 73 Sverre LA3ZA http://www.qslnet.de/la3za/ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Mike Markowski
This topic comes up many times over and over on the reflector. If you radio
is properly aligned and built you should have plenty of rx audio with the volume set at 8 or 9 o'clock. In the past the major problem has been those that don't have the AGC properly set and thus the AGC is reining in the received signals. The easiest test to see if you have the AGC set properly is to just turn it off and if you have an increase in volume you are not properly set. [Gregg R. Lengling] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Isn't the position of the AF gain (volume?) dependent on the position of the
RF gain knob? As I turn the "RF gain" knob clockwise, the AF gain (volume) increases. So it seems that the position of the AF gain knob is variable with respect to the RF gain. Just to get another thread going about this, I would ask where you best position the RF gain knob when operating? Dohn N8EWY -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Gregg R. Lengling Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 12:08 PM To: 'Mike Markowski'; [hidden email] Subject: RE: [Elecraft] rx audio output K2 This topic comes up many times over and over on the reflector. If you radio is properly aligned and built you should have plenty of rx audio with the volume set at 8 or 9 o'clock. In the past the major problem has been those that don't have the AGC properly set and thus the AGC is reining in the received signals. The easiest test to see if you have the AGC set properly is to just turn it off and if you have an increase in volume you are not properly set. [Gregg R. Lengling] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Gregg R. Lengling
One small correction on the AGC pot setting ---
If the volume increases with NO ANTENNA connected and you turn the AGC off, then the AGC Threshold is set too high. If there are signals being received, you are likely to have some AGC action unless all signals in the passband are extremely weak, so when an antenna is connected you should always hear some difference between AGC on and AGC off even if all you are hearing is band noise. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > This topic comes up many times over and over on the reflector. > If you radio > is properly aligned and built you should have plenty of rx audio with the > volume set at 8 or 9 o'clock. In the past the major problem has > been those > that don't have the AGC properly set and thus the AGC is reining in the > received signals. The easiest test to see if you have the AGC > set properly > is to just turn it off and if you have an increase in volume you are not > properly set. > [Gregg R. Lengling] > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 7:47 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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