I also use the RF gain control on my 75A-2 & 75A-4 receivers quite regularly
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On Jan 8, 2025, at 4:46?PM, Richard Knoppow via groups.io <1oldlens1@...> wrote:
? All I can say is that I disagree. There are times when an RF gain control is quite useful. On radios where there is a good AVC the RF gain acts as a variable "delay" setting the threshold of the AVC.
BTW, if you think any S meter is accurate you are fooling yourself.
On 1/8/2025 2:19 PM, N3 EG wrote:
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 03:13 AM, Joseph K7CBR wrote:
Are you still using electricity?
The RF Gain control has always been the most useless thing to put on a radio. It's like a high/low switch on a vacuum cleaner, which should be called "Clean/Less Clean." In the case of HF radios, it should be called the Ignore Weak Signal Stations And Screw Up Your S-Meter Reading Control.
I've never found a good reason to use it in at least 52 years of HF listening, and it's totally useless on 10 meters and up.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998
Thomas W9TAB