[Elecraft] K3S DSP Filter Plots

Greg Troxel gdt at lexort.com
Wed Nov 18 20:18:13 EST 2015


Alan <n1al at sonic.net> writes:

> From Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_meter
>
>    "IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1 defines S9 for the
>    HF bands to be a receiver input power of -73 dBm. This is a level
>    of 50 microvolts at the receiver's antenna input assuming the
>    input impedance of the receiver is 50 ohms.
>
>    For VHF bands the recommendation defines S9 to be a receiver
>    input power of -93 dBm. This is the equivalent of 5 microvolts
>    in 50 ohms."

I have always found the VHF definition to be strange, as it seems that a
uniform rule is better.

My impression is that the K3 and KX3 use the -73 dBm reference even on
6m.  Is that right?  What about with transverters - does one have gain
calibration?

Obligatory Elecraft comment: it would be really nice to be able just
show signal strength in dBm.


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