Chris, check the settings under CONFIG: AF GAIN. It is switchable between low and high.
73, Dave K1ZZ . On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 1:36 PM parinc1 <[email protected]> wrote: > As I recall, Ten Tec was known for setting their AGC threshold quite low. > The result was that owners always commented on how "quiet" their receivers > were. > Turn off the AGC and then compare your volume settings. > All a matter of taste. > Dale W4OP > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Chris <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 10:45 AM > To: David Hachadorian <[email protected]> > Cc: Reflector Elecraft <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 settings question > > It is interesting to see the AGC THR makes a noticeable difference, and I > will do the same as you suggested. > > Another note is that the audio volume is much different between them. The > one with 09xx serial number is noticeably louder. When 09xx is set at the 9 > o'clock position, 8xxx needs to be at 12 o'clock to have a comparable audio > volume. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 10:19 AM David Hachadorian <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It's probably the AGC settings. Here are my favorites: > > agc dcy soft > > hld 0.2 > > pls nor > > slp 000 > > thr cw20, rtty17, ssb15 > > f 200 > > s 020 > > > > I have pf2 programmed to bring up agc thr, so I can change it when > > switching modes. > > > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > > Yuma, AZ > > > > > > On 10/7/2024 6:24 AM, Chris wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am a happy owner of K3. I came across another K3 with an early serial > > number below 1000 in good condition at a local hamfest. It works well, > > somehow better than my current K3, so my first reaction was, Wow. It > seems > > to have a lower noise floor and sounds slightly better. > > > > My question is, how can it be? I have yet to compare all the settings > for > > either radio. The filter in my current K3 is 2.7kHz, and the new (new to > > me) K3 has 2.8kHz. I am not 100% sure these filters can make that much > > difference. Besides that, all hardware configurations are pretty much > the > > same. They both have updated KSYN3A modules. This K3 with a lower > serial > > number has KAT3, and my current K3 doesn't because I have KAT500. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Chris KM1B > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
