[1000mp] Stingy S-Meter?

[Tom Horton]

At 15:25 10/29/02 -0500, you wrote:
>If the station you are working is running the same power, and you're both 
>using a single antenna for tx/rx, then you should both be receiving each 
>other at the same signal level.

Barry,
  I suppose that you could make this arguement IF the rigs were similar.
I just can't believe that my old S-38D from my novice days would receive
the comparative transmitted signal at the same level.
  Considering that some of the older receivers didn't have near the same
front ends that they do these days. My S-38D didn't even have an RF amplifier.
  Don't you think that there must be some caveats in order to make this
be correct?

73, Tom K5IID
Tom Horton	
K5IID in West "BY GAWD" Virginia
" E " sorter for the W5 Bureau