Setting RF Ant Gain

I carefully went band to band and set my RF Ant Gain according to these guidelines from Tim.

https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/204923669-How-to-determine-the-amount-of-RF-Preamp-gain-to-apply-for-band-conditions

1. Here is the process to optimize receiver sensitivity for your given operating conditions:
2. Find a clear frequency on your VFO. 
3. Set the slice receiver mode to CW and the receiver passband filter to 500 Hz. Turn off any noise reduction, APF, RX EQ that will add gain to the receive audio.
4. Disconnect the antenna - You can select an antenna input with no antenna on it like RXA or XVTA.
5. Note the dBm reading with no antenna connected.
6. Connect the antenna.
7. Note the reading in dBm. This is where an accurate dBm calibrated S meter really counts. Ours is truly 6 dB per S unit and measures the actual receiver sensitivity in the selected bandwidth.
8. If the noise goes up about 8-10 dB, you have the optimal RF preamp setting for the noise on your antenna for the given time of day and propagation.
9. If the noise with the antenna connected goes up significantly more than 10 dB, you have too much preamp gain, which will limit dynamic range for large signals. Reduce preamp gain.
10. If the noise goes up much less than 8 dB, increase preamp gain to get it closer to the 8-10 dBm increase.

Below find the settings I arrived at. Since this statement was also in the above article I find my settings a bit odd. "In general, no RF pre-amplification is usually needed on most HF bands due to environmental and atmospheric noise at most QTHs versus the radio's internal noise." Antenna is an untuned 1200' loop at 65'