[Elecraft] Feature suggestion: Power setting in dBm

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

It makes a big difference if you are driving an amplifier, where the 
precise amount of drive can be important.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 2 Mar 2018 01:46, Steve Sergeant wrote:
> I fail to see the need for a hundred steps between 0.1W and 10W on my
> KX2, or steps between 1W and 100W on another radio. What difference is
> it going to make to anybody whether you're at 71 vs. 74 watts? But a
> 1.5_dB or a 3_dB step? That's something I can use.
> 
> 
> On 3/1/18 14:37 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> I fail to see the need, but if I had one I would just do in my head.
>> (and probably use dBW :-)
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>> On 3/1/2018 1:07 PM, Steve Sergeant wrote:
>>> Here's a suggestion across the line, from the KX2 to the K3S:
>>>
>>> I'd like to have the option to display and set transmit power in dBm
>>> rather than linear watts. Conceptually, it makes more sense to me, and
>>> it's a more meaningful number relating to S-units on the received side.
>>>
>>> --... ...--
>>> SteveSgt, KC6ZKT