Re: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity

2005-05-17 Thread Bill Coleman
On May 10, 2005, at 10:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however, my K2 did not. It registered an S5-S6. A friend of mine who borrowed my K2 indicated the

RE: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity

2005-05-12 Thread W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
My guess is that somewhere in writing that example the numbers changed (likely because the author wanted the result to be 30 dB instead of dealing with 29.6 dB and explaining away the fact that the tenths digit is insignificant so should be rounded up). 1.48 *is* the log of 30, so apparently the

Re: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity, XG1 example

2005-05-12 Thread Bob - W5BIG
-137dBm. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:24 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity Bart, PA3GYU wrote: Look up

RE: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity

2005-05-11 Thread PA3GYU
Ron, At 04:01 11-05-05 -0400, you wrote: You can't get an idea of the absolute sensitivity of your K2 looking at the S-meter, Mike. [SNIP] Look up Receiver Sensitivity Testing (Page 4 of the XG1 manual) and Signal-to-Noise and MDS Calculations (page 5) for instructions on how to use the XG1

[Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity

2005-05-10 Thread info4mjs
Hi, I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however, my K2 did not. It registered an S5-S6. A friend of mine who borrowed my K2 indicated the receiver seemed to be a bit weak. I tweaked L34 (which

RE: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity

2005-05-10 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Mike WA1SEO wrote: I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however, my K2 did not. It registered an S5-S6. A friend of mine who borrowed my K2 indicated the receiver seemed to be a bit weak. I tweaked

Re: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity

2005-05-10 Thread Earl W Cunningham
Mike, WA1ESO wrote: I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however, my K2 did not. It registered an S5-S6. == AGC adjustment R1 on the control board might be a bit off. Try turning it to