[TowerTalk] Remote Preamp or In the Shack

[Dan Schaaf]

My Radio AGC is set to Fast .
I do not have ear blowout

Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com
NOBSKA www.nobska.net
Cape Cod Instruments www.gnm-inc.com
Tel: 941-766-0706
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them." - Albert Einstein


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
To: "Dan Schaaf" <dan-schaaf at att.net>
Cc: <richard at karlquist.com>; "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr at contesting.com>; 
"TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Remote Preamp or In the Shack


> Dan Schaaf wrote:
>> Rick
>> In addition to my IF DSP, I also have the Timewave DSP-599zx and it has
>> AGC
>> in addition to the noise reduction. It also has a CW Spotlight which 
>> makes
>> the weak CW pop right out of the headphones.
>> On top of all this, I have the APF turned on. The APF is a triangular
>> filter
>> in the FT-2000 which really digs cw out of the noise.
>> So, when you add all of these together, a really weak CW on 160 meters 
>> can
>> sound like armchair copy in many cases.
>> This Timewave unit might be just what you are looking for.
>
> Good suggestion, I'll look into it.  However, let me clarify
> that lack of AGC does not prevent armchair copy of weak signals.
> The problem with lack of AGC is that a strong signal blows your
> eardrums out.
>
> Rick N6RK
>