In my view the K3 S meter is simply far too sensitive at the lower end.
I do not think so. Some band/antenna/QTH combinations will on a *good* S-Meter show fairly high S values for band noise. Without wanting to reopen the S-Meter mail wars of from the days after the announcement of the K3. There is a norm: IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1. Ninety-nine percent of all S-Meters are *not good* i.e. are not in accordance with the norm.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_meter> <http://www.iaru-r1.org/VHF_Handbook_V5_21.pdf>, Page 151 ===================================================================== 1. One S-unit corresponds to a signal level difference of 6 dB, 2. On the bands below 30 MHz a meter deviation of S-9 corresponds to an available power of -73 dBm from a continuous wave signal generator connected to the receiver input terminals, 3. On the bands above 30 MHz this available power shall be -93 dBm, s4. The metering system shall be based on quasi-peak detection with an attack time of 10 msec ? 2 msec and a decay time constant of at least 500 msec. ===================================================================== vy 73 de toby _______________________________________________ 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
