[Elecraft] Calibration

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

"Back in the day" I kept a little note that told me how much to add for the
preamp and my attenuator was calibrated in dB. It's nice to have the radio
do the calculation for me. 

I especially like the P3 that reports the signal in dBm, not "S" units.


Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
Setting PRE or ATT causing the S-meter go up and down is how analog
radios have worked forever. The S meter was reading the voltage off
the AGC bus which usually controlled the gain of half a dozen tube
stages.  Some folks WANT their digital radio to behave like their
previous analog radios and view every divergent behavior as something
potentially wrong with their K3.  They'll take the better performance,
but they don't want to learn a new paradigm to use it.  Hence a lot of
dual personality items in the K3.

But having the input absolute is indeed useful. In this mode PRE and
ATT are just a range switch for RF gain.  Like LOW, MED and HIGH...


73, Guy.