Stefan; The KX2, like the KX3 and K3, have S-Meters with 21 bars. These go from S1 (with just one bar showing) to S9 (9 bars) it then has 12 more bars corresponding to S9 + 5 times the number of extra bars showing. So, if you have an S9+20db signal, there will be a total of 13 bars showing. If you use the K31 setting (set k3 to 1 with the K31; command) the response to the SM command will correspond directly to the number of bars showing, from 0 to 21. Note that the first bar above S9 represents S9 + 5db. Without the K3 setting (K30;), that range is cut down to 0 - 15, which is closer to the K2 S-Meter, which has only 10 bars. On the K2, S9 has 6 bars. Above S9 the range goes from S9 to S9 + 40 in 4 bars. In the SM command this is changed to go from S9 (at 6 bars) to S9 + 60 (15 bars). The bars above S9 represent 6.66 db, so S9 + 6.66db would be 7 bars, S9 + 20 is 9 bars, and so forth linearly up to S9 + 60 at 15 bars.
I hope this helps. Using the K31; option really helps here, the S-Meter makes more sense, although having a computer translate for you helps a lot. 73, Jack, W6FB > On Mar 1, 2022, at 2:38 PM, Stefan Jansen <dk7...@darc.de> wrote: > > Hi Andy, > > Yes, I should have been more precise in asking my question. OK, thanks to > your answer I know now that the SM$ command might report exactly the number > of dots that are displayed on the KX2 for the S-Meter. But as I am a white > sticker, I cannot read that display and do not know to which S-meter values > the dots correspond unless it is written in the programmer’s reference. And > there they only tell the values for 6, 9, 12, and 15, but not for the other > values. > > So if anybody can help, I would be glad. > > > Vy 73 de Stefan, DK7STJ > > -- > Stefan Jansen *** E-Mail: dk7...@darc.de > >> Am 28.02.2022 um 18:43 schrieb Andy Durbin <a.dur...@msn.com>: >> >> Don't have a KX2 but Kenwood meter interrogations return the result as >> "dots" corresponding to the number of dots that are "lit" on the LCD meter >> scale. >> >> If the KX2 uses an LCD meter it's likely the same. >> >> Andy, k3wyc >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to dk7...@darc.de >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jackbrin...@me.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
