[1000mp] Stingy S-Meter?

[Tom Horton]

Tom,
  The Flat/Tuned option only applies to 10/12 and 80/160
meters.
  I would suggest you try bot options on each band and make your
own decision. I have noticed that my opinions don't necessarily
agree with others on this reflector.
  The MP S meter may be a bit stingier than a lot of rigs, but
not near as much as my old Ten Tec Omni.
I don't normally even look at it unless someone is outragously
huge!
  73,
  Tom K5IID



At 11:31 10/29/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Tom thanks for your reply.
>
> >   Just be thankful that you don't have the line noise
> > problems thaty a lot of us have had!
>
>I am, my QTH is amazingly quiet for being in the middle of the city.
>
>
> >   Ain't it great to be able to copy S-0 signals?
>
>Well, I'm not sure that they are; that is my question.  I was listening to
>the contest, I didn't hear any signals over 5db or so over 9.  My Drake will
>easily register loud signals in the 10 - 20 db over 9 range, as did my
>TS-570.  I'm not sure that the S meter is "accurate."
>
>I say "accurate" in quotes because I understand there is no real standard,
>and most radios are not even linear in their response.  The best way to tell
>is to see what other people experience with the same radio.  I talked to a
>ham on 40, whose signal was perfectly readible, but did not even register on
>the S meter.
>
>Finally, what are people doing with the RF amp - using the tuned amp or
>flat?  Thanks in advance - Tom W6EIJ
>
>
>
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Tom Horton	
K5IID in West "BY GAWD" Virginia
" E " sorter for the W5 Bureau