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"Pete KE9OA" wrote:

Yes, that would make it an I.F. gain control, and that is what it is most of
the time. I don't know why manufacturers still use the misnomer "RF Gain"
for this control.

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If the signal has not gone through a demodulation stage it it still a
modulated carrier so even if it is a mixed IF product it is all a part
of the RF gain stage in the radio.

I agree with you that it would be better to call it a IF gain control.

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Telamon
Ventura, California