Yep, you are right...I was reading the AGC level range.

Walt/K5YFW

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Subject: RE: [digitalradio] Re: BPL-Busting Modes/Techniques


At 02:52 PM 10/4/06, DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote:
>In bygone days, S-9 was to be produced by a 100,000 microvolt 
>carrier at the receiver's antenna terminal with the RF gain control 
>at min (attenuation?) and AGC on.
>
>Also, the S unit was to equal 5.5 dB.
>
>Rockwell-Colling and a few other manufacturers of amateur radio 
>receivers in the late 1970's had their receiver signal strength 
>meters measured in dB or microvolts.  The 12 o'clock position was 
>100,000 microvolts...I have forgotten what dB it was.

That 100,000 microvolts would seem to be off by a good 60 dB.

The spec for the 75S3C/B is given in its manual as 100 uV at S9. 
<http://www.collinsradio.org/75S-3B-C-_11-75_-Sec3_4_5.pdf>

73,
Mike K1MK

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