[Elecraft] Re: K3: S-meter calibration (redux)

[Lee Buller]

I sometimes wonder why we have S-Meters.  They've never been a scientific instrument to determine signal strength....at least not the ones I've seen.  I think that S-Meters are a marketing too....just try to sell a radio without one.  Hard to do.

However S-Meters are calibrated....I like to compare signals on the bands...so when I have a QSO...I can tell the person he is so and so loud in comparison to other signals on the band.  S-Meters (to me) are relative to the band conditions.

Lee - K0WA





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