[Elecraft] KX3 S-Meter calibration

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Thanks Dick for you answer.
Unfortunately SMTR MD setting is still under development on KX3 and when you unlock it is in To Be Defined (TBD) state.

73, iw2esl
Giampiero 

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Il giorno 30/nov/2012, alle ore 19:39, "Edward Dickinson III" <softblue at windstream.net> ha scritto:

> If the KX3 is like the K3, there is an SMTR MD setting for AbS (absolute).
> This can help provide the same S-Meter reading regardless of preamp or
> attenuation.  Hope that helps.
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> Dick - KA5KKT
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> I have verified that my KX3 S-Meter is calibrated to s9 under -73db signal
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> WITH preamplifier active. Without preamplifier, in normal mode, signal is
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> about s6.
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> There is a smtd md funcition that shoud take an avarage signal but it is
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> still inactive (TBD) with the latest firmware installed.
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> Is there a particular reason to take s9 with preamplifier active ?
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> I would prefer to have s9 in normal mode (pre off) but seems there is no
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> way to have this.
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> Is there any way to recalibrate the s-meter signal in this way ?
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> tnks in advance
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> best 73, iw2esl
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> Giampiero
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