Preamp success!

Jay -- N0FB

Last night, as a line of severe thunderstorms were making their way into Kansas City, 6 meter opened via ducting. I started hearing stations from North Carolina, Virginia, British Columbia, and a lone contact from Montana. I tried to make a contact to one of the North Carolina stations, but just as he was coming back to me the band took a deep QSB fade. I could see a faint trace on the waterfall, but the audio was unintelligible because of the atmospheric hash. I thought I would go ahead and add the preamp, not expecting much help. I was totally caught off guard by the result. The signal instantly increased and the voice of the Ham came astonishingly clear through my headset. Q5 copy. I had expected all levels to come up, including the noise. The only thing that appeared to increase (to me) was the real signal. Great job Flex! What a joy to operate the 6300 under very adverse conditions!

Joe - KC2TN

Was this the internal preamp?

Jay -- N0FB

Hi Joe!  Yes, this was the internal Antenna Preamp on my 6300.

Sparks

QSL...this is the best HF pre-amp I've ever used.

Ken - NM9P

I have a 6500 and use the +10 dB position on 10 Meters and the +20 dB position on 6 Meters as my standard settings.  I never turn them off on those bands.  Both are very effective indeed! All of the other bands need no preamp at all.  This is an awesome rig!

Bob N7ZO

Ken,  I have arrived at the same settings here for the 6700.  +20dB on 6 meters, +10dB on 10 meters, 0dB on all the other HF bands (except sometimes 12 meters benefits a bit with +10dB when the band is very quiet).

I'm still playing with 2 meters (using the new DEMI 2MLDPA).

Yes, an awesome rig.