More Re: [TenTec] Orion redefines the meaning of ... AGC OFF

[K3BU at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/7/04 5:03:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
btippett at alum.mit.edu writes:
>>I do find NR makes a huge difference in background noise on my unit
using the above dummy load in both CW and SSB independent of the AGC
setting (including Off), so I'm puzzled by your comments about NR.<<


Sure it kills the noise, but also weak in-the-noise signal too. I could hear 
weak signal (with noise) better without NR than with NR at any setting. That 
was SSB. 
DSP is just "painting" this internal noise with invisible paint, but the 
threshold is still there, just "invisible."

Yuri, K3BU.us