[Elecraft] Re: S meter operationg ...

Fri May 3 17:08:01 2002

On Fri, 3 May 2002, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

>
> Personally, I'd champion the adoption for Hams of the old 1-5 QSA scale for
> the strength of a signal. I find that I tend to divide signals by ear into
> four or five levels, not 9 or 9+ so many dB <G>.

What about phrases like "arm chair copy"?  If we adopted that, and took a
page from the McDonald's Cash Register Manual, there'd be a cute little
icon of an armchair on the dial.

I'll let others with a sense of history mention the other values.

Thom

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