OK, I brought this up before, and was specifically told that "low RF
gain and high AF gain," as is traditional in analog radios, does not
apply to the O2.
Personally, I like to leave the RF gain at 100, then use the AGC
threshold as my RF gain, and then touch it up with the attenuator.
Dennis OConnor wrote:
> I'm beginning to feel like a broken record on this subject...
> Turn the AGC off... Turn off the NB, etc... Get rid of all the 'cover up'
> processing crap as it only adds distortion to the mix...
> Go to the 300 cycle roofing filter...
> Turn the RF gain down until you don't hear anything...
> Turn the audio gain relatively high - lots of hiss...
> Now advance the RF gain until you hear signals...
> Ride the RF gain as your audio gain...
> You should be able to separate the signals in the pile...
>
> Now, there will be times when the DX is so mixed with other signals,
> buckshot, amp slop, white noise, and qrn, that you cannot copy them.. This
> is not solvable with todays technology - but I find the O2 to far exceed the
> 1000D, MKV, Omni, etc. in this high noise environment so for the moment it is
> the best answer..
>
>
>
> denny / k8do
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