[RTTY] AGC: on or off?

[Radioman]

Don..
thats a good one..
the IC-746 just has the fast/slow or off no other way for in-betweens 
sort to say of AGC
but i could see that making a difference in recovery..

Tony
NN1D



Don Hill AA5AU wrote:

>Having read all the replies to this one, I'm not sure I agree with using FAST
>AGC (or at least the fastest) for RTTY.  I have found that I copy better with a
>medium-fast range AGC.  In the PRO III I have my AGC set to Medium (default
>value of .5 second) and it seems to work better than when using FAST (default
>value of .1 second).  I haven't experimented with other settings, but I will.
>In the '870 I use manual AGC and have the control set to the 3 o'clock position
>which is on the fast side but not the fastest.
>
>I have not experimented with turning AGC off while backing off the RF gain.
>Since I back off the RF gain when using the TPF in the PRO III and have started
>backing off the RF gain in the Kenwood, I will try this.
>
>Don AA5AU
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
>Of Peter Laws
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:27 PM
>To: RTTY
>Subject: [RTTY] AGC: on or off?
>
>I keep seeing mention of AGC.  That's the one control on my IC-746Pro I admit to
>not knowing how to set.  I've read the Handbook section on AGC and the manual
>entry and, of course, fiddled with it ...  so? 
>Where do I set it for RTTY?  SSB?  It's got a fast/med/slow setting for each
>mode and each preset is adjustable, including to "off".
>
>--
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