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

[Dick Flanagan]

At 11:26 AM 5/18/2007, Alex wrote:
 >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. :-)

A good example of this is in the aviation industry which you think would be 
paranoid about gas tank gauge accuracy.  When I used to own a small plane 
it was explained to me that the only place the FAA requires that a general 
aviation gas gauge be accurate is when it reads Empty.  :)

To get back on Topic, the thing I like about digital bar meters is they can 
display peak readings a lot better than mechanical meters can.  I do like 
to have both, however, even if the analog meter is only a digital 
simulation, simply because that is what I am used to reading and judging 
performance by.

73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
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