Aloha Peoples" I rarely ever give the other station an s meter reading, Instead I usually describe how I am receiving him. S meter readings dont seem to tell me how well I am understanding what is being said by the other station.
Grandmaw Susan If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM USSV DHARMA --- On Thu, 7/15/10, Richard Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Richard Hill <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 S Meter behavior > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 3:58 AM > I don't really understand, but would > be interested in more discussion on > this. I think I understand that the apparent power of > a signal to your > ears/brain may vary even though the actual received power > is the same. > > Commercials on TV seems much louder than the shows these > days, but I'm > hearing that the actual power stays the same. > > We can alter the TX or RX equalization in the K3, I think > that means we > can use a standard 100 watts, but change the apparent > "loudness" we hear > by focusing the power in the audio bands that are best > heard or for the > best intelligibility, and that varies according to age, > long proximity > to artillery/machines, and other factors. The Heil > 4/5 mics give the > same effect. > > That seems to mean that a "standard" S7 signal could sound > like > something else. I wonder how meaningful an S meter > reading is. It > seems that it is more important to tell the other op how > well you are > receiving their message (as apposed to their signal > strength) and that > is the result of more than the meter reading. > > Rich > NU6T > > On 7/15/2010 5:49 AM, Robert Mitilieri - N9EF wrote: > > Thanks all for your comments. It's nice to get so much > feedback so fast! > > > > While I'm not very concerned about this, I do like to > use my S meter to give the Strength report and believe that > an S7 signal should read S7 even if the RF gain is turned > down a bit (just for info, I set the S meter to Absolute and > have PRE and ATT off, don't have a Sub rcvr installed). I've > heard many perfectly readable signals that sounded > like they were S9 but were, to my surprise, an S3 or S5. > Except for contests I like to send and receive accurate > strength reports. > > > > Last night I ordered an XG2 and will align RF gain and > the S meter when it arrives. I'll post again once I've > completed the alignment. Till then I'll be on the air > enjoying my awesome K3! > > > > > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 1:03 AM, The Smiths wrote: > > > >> Check your RF gain calibration using the Elecraft > Utility, check your S meter calibration. Make sure that you > don't have something else like the Pre-amp on causing an > error in the reading. Make sure that you don't have > the Sub receiver on and the Sub AF audio up, or RF up > causing it to look like it's getting stronger. r. > >> > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
