[TenTec] Basic question

[Sinisa Hristov]

NJ0IP wrote:

> We first adjusted the AGC threshold pretty high (can't remember the setting)
> until the background noise decreased significantly.  This made an
> unbelievable improvement.  We compared it to the TS-850.  The 850 also
> showed S-7 on the meter and sounded just as the Orion had sounded before the
> AGC adjustment.  There was nothing we could tweak on the 850 to improve the
> sound.


You could have reduced RF gain "until the background noise decreased significantly".


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN