I thought I understood this but appears that I had it wrong. According to the SMTR calibration procedure, it is set with the PRE on and ATTN off. Calibration sets a 50uV signal to S9 and a 1uV to S2-S3. See this in the Calibration Procedures section of the manual (p51 in my 2009 version).
I’ve been using the SMTR ABS mode ever since I discovered it. YMMV 73, Brian, K0DTJ > On Oct 10, 2022, at 14:05, D Remy <d...@dremy.com> wrote: > > Does that also apply to the K3? > > David R Hourdequin, PE > 828-421-6216 > >> On Oct 10, 2022, at 14:20, Don Wilhelm <d...@w3fpr.com> wrote: >> >> Greg, >> >> The KX3 is designed around having the preamp on most of the time. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> >>>> On 10/10/2022 1:58 PM, WA1JXR ALGIERI wrote: >>> I have noticed with my KX3 that the S-Meter is not calibrated that is 50 >>> microvolts (-73 dBm) at the antenna connector equals a S9 signal only when >>> the preamp is turned on. Is this normal and the way the KX3 is designed? >>> I thought it might be with the preamp off. >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to d...@w3fpr.com >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to d...@dremy.com > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to huntin...@coastside.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com