I agree completely. Some signals are unintelligible at S5, and others
are fine without moving the S-meter. If the S-meter only measured signal
and not noise, then you would have something - heck, if you had a meter
that only measured noise, it would still be more useful.
Larry N8KU
wo8l@aol.com wrote:
Hi,
Since the whole concept of RST is pretty theoretical, what's the different how an S-meter performs? I've been a ham for 35 or 40 years and my 579 to station is not some other ham's 579 to a station.
I have a Kenwood TS570 with a bar illustration for an S-meter. I'm not sure what it means. I also have run a Yaesu FT-897D. I had no idea what's going on with that digital bar which goes back and forth, back and forth.
My best rig is an OMNI VI Plus. I like watching that meter go up and down. It's a very smooth S-meter but I don't really care if it's several hairs generous or stingy.
It's all relative. If you can hear them, you can work them.
73s,
Rick
WO8L
North Carolina
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