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Re: Low receiver sensitivity

Posted by Earl W Cunningham on May 11, 2005; 12:26am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Low-receiver-sensitivity-tp378175p378181.html

Mike, WA1ESO wrote:

"I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my
equipment.  4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however,
my K2 did not.  It registered an S5-S6."
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AGC adjustment R1 on the control board might be a bit off.  Try turning
it to decrease it's resistance a bit, which will increase the S-meter
sensitivity.

After adjusting R1, you'll have to go into the menu and recalibrate the
S-meter hi and lo settings.

73, de Earl, K6SE
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