[Elecraft] K3 s-meter calibration parameters and flickering S1...

Hello again, Update to my last post: I turned everything off, went and had a cup of coffee, came back and tried the RF gain calibration routine again with K3 Utility - worked just fine this time. So, not sure why those errors. I had turned everything off and re-booted the K3, restarted the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 s-meter calibration parameters and flickering S1...

John - I would say that if it is just flickering on and off that is exactly right. It does at least show that the receiver is live and the residual noise is registering on the S-meter. Perhaps if you shorted ANT1 to ground the flickering might reduce. Personally, if my S-meter did not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 s-meter calibration parameters and flickering S1...

Hello John! In ABS mode this is normal. It is a consequence of offsets the DSP is doing to account for the settings of ATT and PRE, along with the method used to pass S Meter information to the MCU. 73, Lyle KK7P After the RF calibration, I re-did the S-meter calibration using the XG3,

Re: [Elecraft] K3 s-meter calibration parameters and flickering S1...

Thanks Lyle and David. Sounds all's configured OK then. I'll get back to playing with my K3. 73, John VK7JB -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-s-meter-calibration-parameters-and-flickering-S1-tp6418969p6420986.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list