[TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa

[Kim Elmore]

I listened carefully, suspecting that the meter no longer showed the AGC action, which is why I chose the extreme values. I couldn't detect the slow action by ear, but I'll listen again...

73,

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

On Apr 8, 2013, at 7:07, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use a 565, not a 566, but my understanding from previous discussions was
> that the slow AGC in the latest firmware WAS slow in its receiver gain
> control and it was only the s-meter action that was fast.  The fast s-meter
> was throwing everybody off - listen with your ears for slow gain control.
> I could be wrong, but I seem to remember John Henry weighing in with that
> info.  If true, that means it's not a bug.
> 
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
> 
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
>> Aha! I noticed the same thing last night! I set my "slow" AGC to some s l
>> o w values (1 dB per second and 1 s hang time), but nothing changes in
>> accordance with the settings. I, too, will go back to 3.29 for now.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
>> 
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
>> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>> 
>> On Apr 7, 2013, at 23:16, Dave Heil <k8mn at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> We installed it on K8WDQ's O II and it fixed the meter problem while
>> introducing another:  The slow AGC was not slow at all.  We tried
>> adjustments but found no success.  We finally decided to reinstall 3.029
>> until the bugs are worked out.
>>> 
>>> 73, Dave Heil K8MN
>>> 
>>> On 4/7/2013 23 31, Tony Lelieveld wrote:
>>>> Kim,
>>>> 
>>>> It does NOT affect the AGC and it is NOT AGC derived.  The S-meter
>>>> signal is processed through the DSP in the IF.  You can turn your manual
>>>> gain control up or down as much as you wish without affecting the
>>>> S-meter movement.  I personally love this feature but must admit that it
>>>> took a while to get used to it.
>>>> 
>>>> 73, Tony VE3DWI.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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