[TenTec] Corsair II RF Gain

[GARY HUBER]

Carl, doesn't the CORSAIR-II and its TT predecessors run audio derived AGC 
of the RF circuits with best sensitivity produced with lower RF gain 
settings?  The OMNI-VII which is subject to overloading by strong signals at 
higher RF Gain settings works extremely well when run with the minimum RF 
Gain required to produce the required audio output.  I've spent most of my 
time DXing trying to pull S0 to S2 signals out of the noise of a near-by 
S9+40 pile up.

As in racing, you operate what you are using, not the specifications.....

Best regards,

CSM(r) Gary L Huber
9679 Heron Bay Road
Bloomington, IL 61705

WWW.CSM-GH.COM
glhuber at msn.com
309-662-0604

-----Original Message----- 
From: Carl Moreschi
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:02 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II RF Gain

You realize when you do this you are essentially turning AGC off and
running manual AGC.  That's the way we ran the old radios in the 50's
and the way I used to run my Collins 75A1.  I like to think the new
radios have much better AGC and this is no longer necessary.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Dr.
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com

On 3/20/2012 1:06 PM, GARY HUBER wrote:
> If I'm understanding your question;
>
> I found the BEST (for me) was to first set the RF Gain fully counter-clock
> wise (minimum setting), then set the AF Gain to full clock-wise (or nearly
> so) then increase Clock-wise the RF Gain to set the audio level.
>
>
> 73 ES DX,
> Gary -- AB9M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Straate
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:00 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Corsair II RF Gain
>
> Is there anyone out there who has a Corsair II that can give me some
> information.  I am looking for the setting on the RF Gain control when the
> signal disappears.  If you are looking at the control from the front, what
> is the setting on the scale does the signal disappears?  The control is 
> wide
> open at the 10 position and then you rotate counter-clockwise to reduce 
> the
> gain.  Appreciate some feedback.
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