When I built my K3 last summer, I elected to have the S-meter set to Absolute, so that it doesn't change when I turn off/on ATT/PRE. It is supposed to be a measure of signal strength to the radio, is it not?
...bc -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Sack [mailto:pisym...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:59 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] S-Meter Calibration Hello: Is it just my unit or did your K3/100 from the factory assembled have the S-Meter way off in terms of calibration? I have #4854 which was assembled from the factory and the S-Meter was WAY OFF. I mean 50uV was reading S3. With my Elmer's scope and the nice tuning directions in the manual, we got it fairly accurate (S9 is 50uV without PRE on all bands). I am just curious if this was standard operating procedure? Side question, notice what I said, S9 without PRE. Yet the manual wants you to turn on PRE. Why? That doesn't make any sense to me. (Apologies if this has been rehashed before, I didn't do a thorough search on this topic) -aps ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
