Re: K3 on-channel strong signal overload?
Posted by
n7ws on
May 05, 2009; 5:33pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-on-channel-strong-signal-overload-tp2785612p2801033.html
I started composing a message yesterday about this and got called away. Paul has now sort of beaten me to it, but what I had written was:
"Seems to me that the radio ought to be smart enough to correct (at least partially) these issues.
If the preamp needs disabling and/or the attenuator needs engaging then the firmware should do it."
--- On Tue, 5/5/09, pd0psb <
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> From: pd0psb <
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 on-channel strong signal overload?
> To:
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> Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 10:20 AM
> Quite a number of radios I know disable pre-amp and enable
> ATT when the AGC
> voltage reaches a certain threshold. A handy way of
> extending the range of
> total AGC with 30/40dB without having to reach for the
> knobs. Automatically
> switched by firmware to catch the first unexpected RF hits.
>
> 73'
> Paul
> PD0PSB
>
>
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