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Are you getting the best receiver performance out of your FLEX-6000?

In order to get the best receiver performance out of your radio, you have to optimize the signal to noise ratio (SNR) based on band conditions and the ambient noise that your receive antenna is picking up. Optimizing the receiver SNR is a fairly straightforward thing to do and it is done by making sure you have the RF preamp set correctly and, this is the real important part, you have the AGC set properly. Properly adjusting the AGC is done by using the AGC-T control, which is an often overlooked feature in SmartSDR, but the most powerful one for mitigating noise and optimizing the receiver SNR.
A detailed description of how the AGC in SmartSDR works and even more importantly, how to properly set it is covered in the updated HeldDesk article How does the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) work in SmartSDR.
I highly recommend taking a look at this article as a properly configured AGC can make the difference between getting that weak on in the log or not.
A detailed description of how the AGC in SmartSDR works and even more importantly, how to properly set it is covered in the updated HeldDesk article How does the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) work in SmartSDR.
I highly recommend taking a look at this article as a properly configured AGC can make the difference between getting that weak on in the log or not.
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Tom KB5RF
Agree that the AGC-T control is a very useful Flex feature. Hope that there will be follow-on improvements such as an option for automated AGC-T, or at least a visual display of the AGC-T setting.
HowardThanks Tim, Great article!!!