The K3 keeps the S-meter data in 1 decibel increments, and it's on the enhancement list to be made available through the K3 RS232 command set. I've done some early testing on this and the virtual analog meter on the PC display mimics a true analog S-meter convincingly.
Five DB steps that can be on or off with a flicker fall way short for me as well, a convincing analog meter is 50% of the listening experience at this QTH. [Elecraft] Questions from a Liberal Arts Major Kurt Pawlikowski kurtt at pinrod.com Thu Nov 13 09:54:28 EST 2008 Previous message: [Elecraft] Questions from a Liberal Arts Major Next message: [Elecraft] Questions from a Liberal Arts Major Lee, Don't know about the connector issues (I suppose that might be a matter of personal preference). The S-Meter issue has to do with "fine" adjustments. Since the meter is a bar graph type, "blocks" are either lit or not. If, for instance, you are attempting to "see" the difference between 4.3 blocks and 4.4 blocks, they display the same (either 4 or 5 blocks, depending on software design). Apparently, this design issue is also in the data given to a control computer. That is, instead of giving a "value" (i.e., 4.321), it is just mimicking the bar graph (i.e., 4 "blocks"). So, if you're trying to make a comparative measurement between similar signals, unless they "happen" to be on the "edge" of two "block" values, they will look the same. While this is normal for this type of display, it is a little unusual for the computer data stream. That usually reflects "raw" data. Does that help? {'-) _______________________________________________ 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