Analog vs Digital metering (Was: RE: [ICOM] New IC-7700)

[Alex]

I don't think that point is really missing here because we're not talking about test equipment here. I'm sure no one here expects these meters to be accurate, whatever that may mean. 

Meters in cars often don't have numbers because they are meaningless to the driver in most cases. Meter gets to the "E", get your behind to a gas station, whether that represents 0.85 or 1.02 gallons is not as interesting to know. :-)

The name gauge is actually very accurate in this context.

73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
>Sent: May 18, 2007 1:02 PM
>To: icom at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Analog vs Digital metering (Was: RE: [ICOM] New IC-7700)
>
>One point is missing with this analog/digital meter
>argument.  Analog meters are notoriously innacurate.
>I strongly suspect that today's analog-to-digital
>conversions are considerably more accurate than
>the average consumer-grade analog meters.
>
>Auto manufacturers today frequently don't even put
>actual numbers on many of their gauges/meters due
>to the inaccuracy.
>
>Mac, K2GKK/5
>Oklahoma City
>
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