[Elecraft] K3 S Meter

[ab2tc]

Hmm, have you checked the calibration above S9? If you compress the scale
below S9 to 5dB per S-unit, the scale above S9 is likely to be compressed
also, to something like 8.5dB per 10dB division. 

AB2TC - Knut


Al Lorona wrote:
> 
> I calibrated the S-meter to 5 dB per S-unit because then the divisions
> represent 5 dB both above and below S-9. This is easy to remember and it
> also seemed to allow quite good linearity all along the scale. As has been
> pointed out, there is no standard so a choice of 5 dB/unit is as valid as
> any other.
> 
> Al W6LX
> <snip>
> 

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