[Elecraft] K2 S Meter

Dale Boresz dmb at lightstream.net
Sat Jul 3 19:39:00 EDT 2004


Sorry, yes I realized that shortly after sending it, but figured David 
would still see it. I need to be more careful when looking at the 
hierarchy of messages... :-)

73, Dale / WA8SRA

JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD wrote:

> It's not me that have problem... it's David KR4OW
>
> Mine works fine, really fine !!!
>
> Le 04-07-03, à 15:41, Dale Boresz a écrit :
>
>> Hello Jean-Francois,
>>
>> Also, be sure that the AGC is in fact turned ON. To be certain that 
>> it's on, simply tap the AGC button once. If it was previously off, 
>> that will turn it on, and if it was on already, it will simply change 
>> the AGC time-constant from either fast to slow, or the other way around.
>>
>> If you are concerned that you never see more thatn one of the S-Meter 
>> LED's lit at a time, then you most likely have the "DOT" mode 
>> selected, as opposed to the "BARGRAPH" mode. To change it, locate the 
>> "GRPH" menu item on the Primary Menu. You'll notice three possible 
>> settings for GRPH:
>> bAr (Bargraph)
>> OFF (No S-Meter LED's will be displayed)
>> dOt (Only a single LED at a time will be displayed, as a power-saving 
>> feature)
>>
>> If you select "bAr" you should see all S-Meter LED segments lit when 
>> the right-most LED is lit.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> 73, Dale / WA8SRA
>>
>> JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD wrote:
>>
>>> Be sure to turn the RF Gain fully clockwise and counterclockwise as 
>>> describe in the manual when ajusting S Lo and S Hi.
>>>
>>> Le 04-07-02, à 23:57, David N. a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Hello all I am at the test 1 phase of the build
>>>> The problem I am having is that when I set the Slo or
>>>> SHi the far right dot is the only one lighting up.
>>>> It says in the manual that (Slo) the far left led
>>>> and it is on 10. I double checked my agc and it is at
>>>> 3.80 so that is not in question is there something
>>>> I am overlooking?? if so what? or am I looking at a
>>>> mistake in one of my steps?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> David KR4OW
>>>>
>



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