I think the S-meter is there because it's expected to be there. A "Ham" receiver has an S-meter. A lot of people would not buy one without an S-meter, so any company who wants to attract Hams to their receiver need supply one.
For more accurate and "absolute" signal measurements look to the P3 display. It will show you the received signal strength in S-units or microvolts independent of the AGC, S-meter, etc. I'll confess to enjoying watching the needle on the S-meter on my older receivers, but an LCD bargraph does not have the same appeal to me. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Well, from one perspective this is, of course true. But this arguement leads to the question, why is an s-meter implemented at all on the K3 then? If it doesn't really mean anything, why have it? I'm more interested in exploring other questions. Having decided it is of value to implement an s-meter on a rig, what are the different ways in which it can enunciate that which is being measured. How can that be manipulated to best suit the operator? Interesting discussion. John VK7JB ______________________________________________________________ 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
