The good new Toby is that for folks who are strictly concerned about a "norm" is that you can calibrate it to whatever norm you wish. I think that's the whole point here. Not everyone is so concerned about an exact norm nor does everyone use their S-meter when giving a signal report....I sure don't....to me it's how I hear the signal on the radio. If I need to make a comparison between two or more signals then I might use the S-meter.
So don't fret...and adjust away to suit your needs. 73 Greg AB7R On Thu Jun 7 9:24 , Toby Deinhardt sent: >> You guys are awesome! :D >> >>>> In addition to the slope of the function (dB per S-unit), is the >>>> scale set point user-configurable? Or is this hard-coded such that >>>> S9=50 uV? >>> >>> User settable. > >I'm not sure I really like this at all. S-meters are meaningless if they >do not adhere to some kind of norm. > >The IARU Region I published a "norm" many years ago and, imho, it is a >blemish on the face of the face of amateur community that this has not >been implemented on a wide scale basis. > >It is beyond me how regulators can take interference reports based on >s-meter values seriously. The s-meter is for many amateurs around the >world, the only way they have of selectively measuring low level >signals. One can not expect an affordable s-meter to be accurate to a >tenth of a dB but plus/minus one or two dBs ought to be possible. > >vy 73 de toby > >PS: The IARU Region I recommendation: >Page 156 in http://www.iaru-r1.org/VHF_Handbook_V5_11.pdf >Page 142 in http://www.iaru-r1.org/HFM%20Handbook%20V6.pdf >-- >DD5FZ, 4N6FZ (ex dj7mgq, dg5mgq, dd5fz) >K2 #885, K2/100 #3248 >K3/100 #??? ( >DOK C12, BCC, DL-QRP-AG >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
