[Elecraft] S-Meter Calibration

[Don Wilhelm]

Doug,

That may work as long as the signal generator and the attenuators are 
very well shielded.
If the brand name were Agilent (used to be HP), I would say that it 
would be well shielded, but I don't know about a product from the "Siglent".

You may do better to invest in the Elecraft XG3.  The calibration can be 
automatic and painless when controlled by K3 Utility.

73
Don W3FPR

On 8/5/2015 6:41 PM, Doug Kingston wrote:
> I have access to signal generator similar to this (
> http://www.circuitspecialists.com/sdg830.html), but its minimum output is
> 4mv.  The calibration calls for 50uV of signal.
> It looks like I could set the output to 40mv (I don't like working at the
> bottom of the range), and then attenuate the output with 3 20db
> attenudators (e.g.
> http://www.fairviewmicrowave.com/20db-fixed-attenuator-bnc-male-bnc-female-0.5-watts-sa01b-20-p.aspx)
> in series which would reduce the voltage by a factor of 1000.  Does this
> sound like a viable plan?
>
> -Doug-, KD7DK
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