Well I must admit after owning an Omni V I pretty well gave up on S-meter
readings. About the ONLY place it was close was on 40 metres. Otherwise it
never agreed with my Argo V or any other receiver in the shack. But then
that reminds me of the man with 2 watches. A man with one watch always
knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure! Perhaps the
same can be said for S-meters!
If you look back through the archives there was a discussion on the S-meter
in the RX-340. Apparently that meter sampling circuit is about as good as
it gets!
73,
Rick
VE7TK
Website: http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk
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To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions
From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
Reply-to: gsm@mendelson.com,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
<tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:46:42 +0200
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 08:21:03AM -1000, Ken Brown wrote:
> S-meter readings are already virtually meaningless.
Yes, but what worries me is that almost all the time using the same
antenna. my Argo 509, Triton-IV digital, Drake TR-5, Kenwood TS-430s
and R5000 all read within one S unit of each other. The needles are in
different spots, but the numbers are the same.
Geoff.
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