A good trick for sure. I often work a group with a station a mile away on 40 
meters. I back the rf gain down a bit, and shorten the a g c delay just enough 
so the receiver doesn't take quite as long to recover. That way, can hear the 
weak sigs.

On c w, a good trick is to disable the rf gain altogetherif that feature is 
available.

-- 
Chris 
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On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 10:57:45PM -0400, Lloyd Rasmussen wrote:
> When you are in a QSO with one or more stations, and if they are at least a 
> little louder than the background noise or QRM, it is useful to turn the RF 
> gain control down somewhat so that the noise doesn't come up quite so loud 
> between words or CW characters. This reduces fatigue.
> Automatic gain controls try to maintain a very constant volume level of the 
> received signal and noise, although they can very in their decay (recovery) 
> time constants. Some receives have a "sloped AGC" setting which only 
> partially compensates for changes in signal level; using this function would 
> be a lot like reducing the RF gain setting.
> 73,
> 
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Frank Ventura
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 9:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RF gain, was: RE: Help! TS590s no receive audio:
> 
> Brings up a good question:
> When wouldn't someone want the RF gain all the way up?
> I usually just leave it turned on full.
> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] =
> On Behalf Of Don Breda
> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 8:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Help! TS590s no receive audio:
> 
> Well I have been a ham for 46 years and have never ever been so embarrased!
> 
> I never never touch the rf gain control but indeed it got turned all the wa=
> y down.
> 
> Maybe it was the cat.
> 
> Unbelievagle!
> 
> Must have grabbed it by mistake thinking I adjusted the squelch.
> 
> Holy S$$t.
> 
> Thanks Steve you saved my bacon.
> 
> Crawling back in to my hole for a long time.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> 
> On 01-Oct-15 8:37 AM, Steve Forst wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > I screwed up (not for the first time).   To switch between ant 1 and ant
> > 2 is the button just under the power button.  The one to it's left,=20
> > just under the pf a key is to  do the attenuator and rx ant.  A long=20
> > press on this button will  put the rx antenna rca jack on the rear in or =
> out.
> >
> > So maybe rx antenna selected by mistake, wrong ant 1 or 2 selected, or=20
> > rf gain turned down.  Or probably something else.
> >
> > Sorry for the error.
> >
> > 73, Steve KW3A
> >
> > On 10/1/2015 8:20 AM, Steve Forst wrote:
> >> Don,
> >>
> >> Two things to check:  RF gain (outer knob  around the volume control:,
> >> or wrong antenna selected.   A long press on the pre amp / antenna
> >> button will switch between ant 1 and ant 2.   Upper left of the radio,
> >> second button down on left side.  Just under the PF  A key.  Not sure=20
> >> a VFO reset (partial reset)  affects the antenna selection.  A full=20
> >> reset does.
> >>
> >>
> >> If it is the RF gain, any sort of reset won't  return the knob to   the
> >> correct position  Knob should be full clock wise for full gain.
> >>
> >>
> >> 73, Steve KW3A
> >>
> >> On 10/1/2015 8:06 AM, Don Breda wrote:
> >>> Wow! Don't know what I hit but all of a sudden, I have no receive=20
> >>> audio from the 590s.
> >>>
> >>> The external speaker is working because the speech synthesizer comes=20
> >>> through it nicely but can't hear anything from the receiver.
> >>>
> >>> It is as if the squelch was turned all the way up but it isn't.
> >>>
> >>> No matter what band or freq i go to or what memory I choose the=20
> >>> result is the same even when I am on the AM broadcast band.
> >>>
> >>> Tried a v f o reset but that did not solve the problem.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone run in to this before and know how to fix it.
> >>>
> >>> Looked through the manual but don't see an answer.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>> Don
> >>>