R30 Icom IC-R30 AGC

[TDR-94]

Does the Icom IC-R30 have AGC selection for the civil and military AM airbands or just SSB selection? Also,does the receiver mute AES encrypted audio?

 

[devicelab]

I don't own one but the manual says there's no AGC. It's RF Gain 1-10 (10 being max and if that is set then it doesn't show on the display. Only RFG1-9 will show up) and then there's the ATT levels.

Not sure about encryption. My guess is it won't unlock audio for encrypted P25 -- it'll just display the NAC.

 

[Ubbe]

All AM receivers have to use RF AGC or the signal will bottom out and get severly distorded or the gain will not be enough to receive weak signals.

/Ubbe

 

[devicelab]

All AM receivers have to use RF AGC or the signal will bottom out and get severly distorded or the gain will not be enough to receive weak signals.

I just meant that there's no specific option to adjust it.

 

[TDR-94]

I saw a review that mentioned an AGC selection on SSB,so I was curious to know if it also functioned on AM and in the airbands.

I guess it doesn't have a seperate AGC function selection then.

Thanks

 

[devicelab]

Just found this from another online review:

For SSB modes the well-chosen AGC decay rate does well with no excessive distortion or other gremlins. There is no manual fast or slow decay rate selection offered.