I have never given an S-meter reading in 30 years of hamming, it does not mean anything. But I do enjoy seeing the S-meter move through it's full range, it allows a good visual gauge of QSB.
The K3 meter scale is bunched up on the left side of the range, having less physical distance for S0 to S9 as for S9 + 10 to S9 +60. So the right half of the scale is pretty much wasted for me with respect to the S-meter display. We need a little more range in the SMTR SC CONFIG, but if you take that to minimum (10) and set SMTR OF to (22), the meter is laid out more like an OMNI VI meter where the majority of the display is devoted to S1 to S9 + 10. Looking at the more darkened markings on the meter face, the first mark rates about S3, the next S5, then S7, S9 would be where the +40 indicator is, and full scale would be S9 + 10db. I've requested a little more range on the SMTR SC to come down to possibly 5 rather than the present minimum of 10 to allow a better resting value on the S meter but that went into the pile of "cosmetics", somehow less important than coding for the upcoming SubRX. ;-) Of course I agree with that 100%. I also agree that some purists will be offended by the idea of an uncalibrated S-meter but please - the subject has been beat to death so please flame me in private if you feel the need to vent. Or read the archives, it's still all there. !!! de wb8yqj .. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
