[Elecraft] K2: S meter CAL S HI & oddity

[Don Brown]

Hi

You want the point where the meter switches form 10 to 9. I find a low of=
 about 196 and a hi of about 20 will give a reading closer to 50 uV =3D S=
9. I set the radios I have built by connecting a signal generator and ste=
p attenuator set for 50 uV then adjust for S9 on the meter. I arrived at =
the above settings by this method on 4 K2's I have built. It really matte=
rs not, you can set the meter however you prefer. The manual setting is j=
ust a starting point.

Don Brown =20
KD5NDB
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Coleman
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:05 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K2: S meter CAL S HI & oddity

CAL S LO went as specified.

CAL S HI, however, I was unable to extinguish the right-most LED. Even if
I ran the calibration all the way down to 001, LED 10 was still lit. If I
backed the calibration off to a reasonable value (the manual says about
25), that was about the point where it jumped from LED 9 to LED 10.

Is this a documentation problem? Are you supposed to be able to
extinguish the rightmost LED?

In tuning around last night on 40m with an antenna, I also noticed the S
meter is real stingy. I couldn't tune anything stronger than about LED 4
or 5.

Any ideas?


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