Ron is spot on with his observations about "S-Meters". Why does it matter? Other than for comparative purposes, does anyone actually look at one? There are more useful paramaters that panel / display space could be used for.
73 Ken - K0PP ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "KU7Y" <[email protected]> Date: Apr 6, 2014 9:41 AM Subject: RE: [KX3] Re: Relative Signal Strength To: <[email protected]> Cc: I never look at the S meter. It was many years before I had a radio that had a "product detector" and not just a simple BFO, so there was no S meter to use when on CW. And it was also many years before I even had a RX that had any kind of S meter. And when I did get my hands on a good RX, I had to set the AF gain up and controlled to volume with the RF gain. When you turned the RF gain down, the S meter went to full scale. :-) To me the only important parts of the RST are the R and T. The S, to me, is only interesting if I'm switching between antennas to see what difference there might be. Maybe old habits die hard? And to top it off, there is always the issue of S meter calibration..... or lack thereof. :-) OK, back in my hole, Ron, KU7Y Arizona Outlaws Contest Club Northern California Contest Club [email protected] *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * [email protected] *Sent:* Sunday, April 6, 2014 7:54 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [KX3] Re: Relative Signal Strength Yeah, on 40, where the noise never falls below S5 (after 2 years chipping away at power line and neighbor noise), I still run with the pre-amp on at 20dB and knock back on the RF Gain to whatever level works. All in the name of a consistent S-meter reading. Works like a champ. 73, Chris NW6V __._,_.___ Reply via web post<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/messages/42945;_ylc=X3oDMTJyc2E5Ym1iBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM0Mjk0NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzOTY3OTg4Njc-?act=reply&messageNum=42945> Reply to sender <[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20%5BKX3%5D%20Re%3A%20Relative%20Signal%20Strength> Reply to group <[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20%5BKX3%5D%20Re%3A%20Relative%20Signal%20Strength> Start a New Topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbzloa2JtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTY3OTg4Njc-> Messages in this topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/conversations/topics/42924;_ylc=X3oDMTM3bXVtcmIyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM0Mjk0NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzOTY3OTg4NjcEdHBjSWQDNDI5MjQ->(7) Visit Your Group<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdTYybzdmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzOTY3OTg4Njc-> - New Members<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJndm0yOWU0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMzk2Nzk4ODY3> 30 - New Photos<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KX3/photos/photostream;_ylc=X3oDMTJndTcxbWh2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2cGhvdARzdGltZQMxMzk2Nzk4ODY3> 18 [image: Yahoo! Groups]<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcGF2ZTBtBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM5Njc5ODg2Nw--> * Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> * Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> * Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> . __,_._,___ ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
