Al, Yes, this does work and even the SSB sigs match very closely to the K3 S-Meter.
Regards, Gary On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Alan Bloom <[email protected]> wrote: > There are a couple reasons why the K3's S meter and the P3 display may > show a different level. > > As Don mentioned, the P3 will generally show a much lower level than the > K3 on noise. It's because the effective bandwidth of the P3 is > generally only one display pixel, about 1/450 of the span. Less > bandwidth means less noise power in each display point. The same thing > happens to some extent with an SSB signal. > > Another issue is that the S meter reading on the K3 may change when you > turn the preamp or attenuator on or off. To prevent that happening, set > CONFIG:SMTR MD to "ABS". > > If you do that and calibrate both the K3 S meter and the P3 amplitude, > then the two should closely agree when measuring a steady CW carrier. > > Alan N1AL > > > On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 23:16 -0500, bill wade, sr. wrote: >> Newly installed P3. Noticed S meter reading on K3 will be 2-3 units >> higher than that displayed on P3. I've tried lengthening the signal >> heights, but results are unsatisfactory:-( . >> >> Is there another method for bringing the two more in balance? >> >> 73 >> >> Bill Wade, Ai4PF >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
