Second the motion for AGC! I was operating Field Day on CW, and a local came on and nearly blew my ears off. Ouch! And to add insult to injury, he went away before I could QSO him :).
Mark, A high pass filter before the optional AGC is recommended. I have great success with the filter published in older ARRL handbooks since it permits 160m to fully function. I recommend installing it before the AGC since I have found distortions from strong AM station otherwise. (I have a full power AM station less than 2 miles away) Without the filter, broadcast stations overdrive the wide open input of the radio. John Links: ------ [1] /g/BITX20/message/89391 [2] /mt/84046234/243852 [3] /g/BITX20/post [4] /g/BITX20/editsub/243852 [5] /g/BITX20/leave/10189903/243852/952924773/xyzzy
