Posted by
Vic K2VCO on
Jul 19, 2008; 3:15pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/BCB-sensitivity-tp548048p573146.html
[hidden email] wrote:
> Manually adjusting the L and C values of the ATU DOES have an effect
> on BCB reception (had my RF gain turned down before, so seemed like
> there was no difference). Maximum L (17.35 pH) gives maximum received
> signal strength on a short antenna, as expected.
> However, you can't adjust CA and CT independently. And checking all of
> my pretuned bands the values for CA and CT on any given band are
> equivalent (which seems odd). Furthermore, merely selecting between CA
> and CT with the ANT button while in LCSet mode has an effect on the
> received signal-- a couple of s-units difference between the two is
> what I noticed. (But I don't think it is the antenna relay being
> switched, as mentioned before.)
> What I want to know is, are the displayed values for CA and CT
> correct, and can they be adjusted independently of each other?
I believe this is a bug which I reported. If I remember properly, the
problem is that the values are not being displayed correctly.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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