Hi all, Thank you for your detailed answers about the S-Meter on the KX2. With that info I can now implement my whitesticker-friendly S-Mmeter for the KX2.
Vy 73 de Stefan, DK7STJ -- Stefan Jansen *** E-Mail: dk7...@darc.de > Am 02.03.2022 um 00:15 schrieb Jack Brindle <jackbrin...@me.com>: > > 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
