Bob,
I tried to send you 1.371, but your email bounced.
73, Duane
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:29:51 -0700 Bob Cunnings
<bobc@delta.whitemesa.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I've run into the following twice now after updating to 1.372,
> after
> making a change to the rf gain:
>
> 1) The S-meter suddenly falls to min. scale and stays stuck there.
> 2) Adjusting the rf gain no longer has any effect, although the
> numeric
> values displayed change as usual as the multi knob is rotated.
> 3) A visual artifact appears, a short vertical bar in the upper
> left
> hand corner of the RF Gain value cell.
> 4) Otherwise the rcvr continues to function. I still don't
> understand
> why the S-meter acts so oddly when rf gain is reduced to the lowest
> value (1) - it rises to S9 at minimum gain, signal or no signal.
>
> It happened about an hour or so into operation both times. Cycling
> power
> on the rig restored sanity.
>
> Has anyone else observed this? I suspect that the (new) combined
> AGC
> threshold/rf gain/S-meter minimum management thing is simply blowing
> up
> on me.
>
> Between this and the "dead spot on BW control" issue, I'm ready to
> regress to 1.371, which was flawless (at least for me, and managing
> the
> AGC threshold from the RX menu was no big thing). Since I don't
> actually
> have the file for 1.371, will ten-tec furnish it if I call them up
> and
> ask? I don't see previous versions available for download on
> rfsquared.com.
>
> 73 NW8L
>
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
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