Hi Paul, There is a procedure for estimating MDS documented in the XG3 manual, the "Measuring Receiver Sensitivity" section: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740154%20XG3%20Owner%27s%20Manual%20Rev%20D2%20-%20ECO%2001887.pdf
I've performed this test and found my K2 to have a reasonable match. John KN5L On 09/27/2016 05:38 AM, Radiobeamer wrote: > I noticed that the S meter was not moving very much so I thought to > check the sensitivity. According to the spec we should have a sensitivity > (MDS) of something like -130dBm without the preamp and -135dBm with the > preamp. I have an HP signal generator and, without being too precise about > MDS etc, ______________________________________________________________ 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]

