[1000mp] S-meters FT1000MP MkV

Fri, 26 Apr 2002 03:17:51 -0400

Pete,
What is your Mark V off to get serviced? I just bought one and am enjoying
it but I see a lot of them being serviced.
73,
David, N4IN

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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [1000mp] S-meters FT1000MP MkV

At 07:21 PM 4/25/02 -0400, you wrote:
>The main receiver reads 3 s-units higher than the sub-receiver. Is this
>common? Is the main receiver a little hotter than the sub?

S-meters are amusing.  My Mark 5 is off for service, so I've been relying
on my TS-930.  Where my local 10M line noise on a good day is S5 on the
Mark 5, and on windy days can hit S9, it doesn't move the S-meter on the
930.  It seems that the S-meter on the Mark 5 is extremely generous  below
S9 -- something like 2 dB per S unit, some folks have reported -- while the
TS-930 is much less so.  Subjectively, it's hard to tell myself that the
noise level hasn't really improved, and to keep on harassing the power
company, but I'm working on it (hi).

73, Pete N4ZR

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