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Phil Allison[_4_] Phil Allison[_4_] is offline
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gareth magennis wrote:



FWIW, Reverse Log pots are now commonly available, they didn't used to be.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Reverse-Au... 6uMPFGoCyCZ-A



** Nothing stops you using a regular log pot operating in the reverse sense, with gain increasing in the CCW direction.

A very satisfactory solution is to use a 12 position rotary switch and a chain of 11 resistors wired across adjacent contacts.

For 4 dB steps, the values a

15, 27, 39, 68, 100, 180, 270, 470, 1k, 1.5k & 3.9k



...... Phil