[Elecraft] Re: S meter operationg ...

[David Pratt]

In a recent message, "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net> said....
>It is interesting that the audio gain control - termed a "volume control"
>back then - was calibrated in R units, R standing for overall signal
>strength, etc. since the RST system had not yet been devised. Calibration
>ran from R1 (full gain) to R9 (near minimum gain) so the op could give a
>somewhat objective report based upon where he set the "volume control" for
>comfortable signal level (to him).

Occasionally, you still hear *very* old timers giving reports of QSA 5 
and R 9.  Remember the BC-453, often referred to as the Q-Fiver? There 
was also a preselector called the R-9er around 1952.

73

David G4DMP