http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Fw-CQ-WW-DX-Contest-CW-2011-Unofficial-claimed-scores-tp7060148p7060408.html
were. At 47 I have some loss of hearing at certain ranges due to
issues with my ears as a child. My FT101EE did not sound better than my K3.
> Finally someone who hears what I hear, Im sure this thread will bring
> out the
> raving crowd of "mine is just fine".
> I have the exact same problem in pile ups, and would sure like to see the
> parameters changed to be able to adjust more to move the threshold higher.
> There was some attempt to "fix" this some time back but it stopped short of
> actually working, the agc settings came about but they did not go far
> enough
> in the adjustment ranges.
> Also the audio has been a problem for me for the 3 years I have owned
> the K3,
> it is rough or raspy sounding especially in a pile up situation,
> whether its the
> audio itself or something generated in the radio that comes out sounding
> like
> rough audio I do not know. But compared to my old analog radio it sounds
> harsh. It is very tiring after a contest. I know all the comments on how
> nice every ones sounds, mine does not, and apparently I am not alone.
> And no I am not bashing the K3, its my radio of choice, I have tried
> every setting
> and every "trick" suggested in the past 3 years and cannot get a
> satisfactory
> outcome on audio or AGC pileup management.
> Thanks Fred I thought I was the only one. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6
>> Neat site but unfortunately none of the audio clips demonstrate the
>> pileups heard at dx locations like C6AAW. Once again this year the K3s
>> AGC failed to perform adequately for us. I found many times I just had
>> to turn AGC off. Signals were much cleaner and more distinguishable.
>> I think there are two things going on. First, I think the threshold
>> cannot be set high enough. The maximum is around S3 according to my
>> measurements. Thus, when you have a pileup of signals all in the S3, S4,
>> S5 region, which is common, AGC is compressing them together. When AGC
>> is off, these signals are now in a linear region of the transfer curve
>> and can be distinguished more easily. Second, and this is hard for me to
>> judge since it has been a while since I've used an analog audio
>> processing radio like the TS850, the audio doesn't sound "good". I
>> dunno. I think there is an inherent harshness(?) to digitally produced
>> audio as compared to analog audio. I'm not an audio guy, for sure.
>>
>> Sadly, I suspect top contesters are beginning to look for another radio
>> to replace the K3 :-(
>>
>> 73,
>> Fred
>> KE7X/C6AKX/C6AAW
>>
>>
>>
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