Re: Attenuator and RF Gain Settings

Posted by Bill W4ZV on Feb 03, 2010; 1:09am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Attenuator-and-RF-Gain-Settings-tp4503505p4504898.html

juergen piezo wrote

In the 160m CW contest, because of the QRN I had too use my TS850 and lowly IC735 which seemed too cope much better  in  mild QRN conditions. The K3's AGC under these conditions was making the band sound like I needed  to disconnect the antenna very soon!

You must be kidding!  I operated 30 hours in the CQ 160 and never turned my AGC off even once.  I was in the middle of the major storm cell that moved across the southeast with QRN SW of me Friday night and NE of me Saturday night.  Somehow I still managed to make 1542 QSOs in 58 State/Prov and 68 countries with a total Score of 829,332 (probably 5th overall behind 3 stations in Maine and one on the Chesapeake shore).

http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/2010-February/190837.html 

I really don't understand your comments.  Would you mind sharing your callsign and results in the CQ 160 so we know you are not simply a troll?

73,  Bill  W4ZV