[Elecraft] K3 S-meter

[Tom Hammond]

Ian:

>I have been having great fun building a K3 for a friend and have a 
>query on the S-meter.  I have checked it with my XG1 and it appears 
>to have s9 for 50uV etc.  It seems *very* reluctant to go over s9 
>though.  I am considering setting it for s9 without the preamp 
>in.  Any ideas please?

Ensure that you do NOT have CWT enabled... if you do, it 'steals' the 
high end of the
S-meter range... turn CWT off and the rest of the S-meter scale returns.

Some ops didn't realize that the S-meter stops at the bottom of the 
CWT scale when it's
enabled... even though the S-meter WANTS to go higher, you can't see it.

Cheers,

Tom   N0SS