[Elecraft] K3 S-meter on sub-Rx

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

While tuned into a signal on the Sub RX, do a hold on BSET.  This will
give you the S meter reading for the Sub RX tuned to the frequency in
VFO B.  This is also how you do other Sub RX settings, such as
ATT/PRE.  See page 37 in the manual, available in PDF format on the
Elecraft site.

You should be sure that you did the (separate) RF gain calibration and
S meter calibration for both main and Sub RX, before you set your
Transverter RX feed levels.

73, Guy.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Edward R. Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:
> I am installing a new 2m transverter to my K3 and ran into an issue
> with the s-meter on the K3.
>
> The transverter has two Rx circuits so both the main and sub-Rx in
> the K3 are fed with converted 2m signal.  I was adjusting the IF gain
> in the transverter so that the noise level would read S2-S3 on the
> K3.  These are two separate gain pots one controlling the input to
> KVX3 Rx input and the other the aux input.
>
> All that was going well, but I discovered that the s-meter only
> indicates signals from the main-Rx.  I have the sub-Rx input coming
> from the  aux antenna and not being fed from ANT1.  I can hear the
> change in noise level in the sub-Rx when I connect/disconnect to the
> aux antennas jack, but it is not showing up on the s-meter when the
> sub Rx is selected.  I discovered this after a lot of confusion,
> thinking I had a problem in the sub-Rx.
>
> Is this normal (no s-meter reading from the sub-Rx?).  It is not
> really a big issue as I can adjust the level by looking at my two
> LP-Pan displays.  Just very surprised by the lack of s-meter function
> on the sub-Rx.  I wonder if this is an issue when running in
> transverter mode (CONFIG: XVN ON)?
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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