[Yaesu] FT857 and S meter readings

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Hi John The easiest way is to buy a IC7000 complete with all the filter's 
and the ability to adjust to your own choice.Morrie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
To: <ft857 at yahoogroups.com>; <ft-857 at yahoogroups.com>; 
<yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:55 PM
Subject: [Yaesu] FT857 and S meter readings


>
> Has anyone else noticed that the S meter readings on the FT857D are way 
> too generous?  Among other things, this makes the noise level look worse 
> than it actually is.  I am seeing a S5 or S6 noise level on certain bands, 
> but after some investigating, I see why (other than the fact that I do 
> have a noisy QTH).  In looking at the QST reviews for some different rigs, 
> and seeing the signal level required (in microvolts) for an S9 reading on 
> 20 meters, I found the following:
>
> Rig             Signal level required
> FT857D              17
> FT450               88
> FT100               32
> IC706MKIIG          34
> IC7000             120
> IC746               78
> FT897               16
>
> Now the FT857D and FT897 obviously require much less signal to hit a S9. 
> Has anyone else noticed that the S meter seems pessismistic in terms of 
> noise level?  And is there a way to adjust the S meter to give more normal 
> readings?
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
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