At 10:36 PM 12/28/2005 -0800, you wrote:
Eric F. Richards wrote:
> At 07:00 PM 12/28/2005 -0500, Jim G wrote:
>
>>I fail to understand what all this rafter shacking about S meter readings
>>is all about.
>
>
> It's all about accuracy and precision -- both at the same time.
>
> Now, if you *really* care, you'll calibrate your system to read in Janskys.
> *Then* you can compare results to each other.
>
> (1 Jy= 1E-26 W/m^2/Hz)
>
>
> ...greetings from the peanut gallery...
>
hmmm... I thought it was 1x10^-26 watts per meter squared per hz = 1 Jy,
but I'm quite old and stupid now, so you're probably right.
Best for y2k+6
va7vv
I think that's the same thing as I said but with different notation.
per = /, 1x10 -26 = 1E-26
Text is inconvenient when doing math formulae. :-)
Eric
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