RE: [Elecraft] K3: S-meter calibration (redux)

2007-06-06 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
You make a good argument, Bill. It's important to note that the S-unit is a subjective by-ear evaluation of a signal strength. When someone manufactures a product, it's important to know how to determine if it was assembled and working as expected. It was for those reasons that various

Re: [Elecraft] K3: S-meter calibration (redux)

2007-06-06 Thread Bill W5WVO
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: The only historically (and in practice correct) measurement is to listen to the signal by ear and judge the S-reading. If the meter doesn't agree with what you decided by listening to the signal without referring to the meter, the meter is wrong. I agree, Ron, in the