Do what I do.
After I give the initial customary signal report,
I then mention that it has a very "stingey" S-Meter :)
73. --John, K8JS
On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 16:29:38 +0100 Rainer.Arndt@era.ericsson.se writes:
>Having become inspired by a friend who just claimed that he finally
>managed to get good accuracy on the S-meter of his FT-1000, I started
>to
>look into this problem on my 1000MP. My observation so far had been
>that
>the main receiver S-meter seems to show too low values, whilst the
>subreceiver seems to be more realistic.
>So, armed with my radio measurement equipment (Stabilock 4040) and the
>service manual I yesterday started to look into this. And here's what
>I
>found:
>
> Stipulated Values S-meter RX 1
>RX2
>
>S-units Level in microvolts
>=================================================
>1 0.2 No deflection
>No deflection
>2 0.4 "
>"
>3 0.8 One LCD bar "
>4 1.6 "
>"
>5 3.1 S 3+
>S 4
>6 6.3 S 5+
>S 6
>7 12.5 S 7
>S 7
>8 25 S 8
>S 8
>9 50 S 9
>S 9
>9+10 150 S 9 + 10 S
>9+10
>9+20 450 S 9+25 S
>9
>+15
>9+30 1350 S 9+35 S
>9+25
>9+40 4050 S 9+50 S
>9+45
>9+50 12150 S9+60 S
>9+50
>9+60 35450 Full deflection
>Full
>deflection
>
>My initial comment is that for a radio of that price and dignity one
>would expect a far better accuracy. Am I wrong?
>I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS A SIMILAR
>EXPERIENCE.
>Regards
>Rainer SM5LBR
>
>
>
>
>
>KI/ERA/LRD/IA Rainer L R Arndt
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>
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