Re: [TenTec] S meter readings

[jerome schatten <romers@shaw.ca>]

Eric F. Richards wrote:
> 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
You are correct... back to my dotage, sorry.
jerome