[Elecraft] Re: K3 S-Meter and 6dB

[w6jd at comcast.net]

I never look at my S meter. Besides, everyone is 5NN anyway  ;-).

Doug
W6JD
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From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com> 

> 
> I've had a couple of off-list replies as well, providing good defense 
> for the 6 dB per s-unit standard. Yes 6 dB is 4x the power but a linear 
> amp is usually 10x the power which is 10 dB or 2 s-units. Also S9+10 dB 
> would be a nice even 2 S-units over S9 or the equivalent of S11. If it 
> were 6 dB per unit, s9+10 would be something like S10.8 Yuck! 
> 
> Anyway, whether it is 5 or 6 is less important than having it consistent 
> from S9 to S1 and I still say makers could easily do a better job of 
> producing a linear meter. There is a lot of room for meters to be 
> better without having to be lab quality. (Eric, hope it's not too late 
> for the K3). 
> 
> - Keith N1AS - 
> - K2 5411.ssb.100 - 
>