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Old 8th May 2023, 2:02 pm   #3
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Default Re: Alignment meter

On sets with really good AGC, it acts to flatten the variation in audio level as the RF level is varied so it can affect your appreciation of how much things are changing by. I either do alignment by keeping the sig gen set so low that AGC action hasn't started, or I put a DC voltmeter on the AGC line (If there isn't already an S-meter). S meter calibrations are notoriously iffy, so the low RF method really is the better.

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