>> I'm trying to figure out how to "hear" an S_Meter, but I suppose we >> all "listen" in different ways.
It's true Grant, the received signal has a rythm of amplitude that can be seen on the S-meter, but that effect is greatly reduced by the AGC if you are only listening for a change in the level of the AF. The effect is also reduced greatly by displaying 5 db chunk bars only as on/off/flicker values. The fading on SSB and CW modes can tell you a lot about what the band is doing. To me, this is an issue that has merit, as some others have suggested. You will really enjoy your K3, and having been an Orion pioneer it will be an interesting comparison. [Elecraft] Questions from a Liberal Arts Major Grant Youngman nq5t at tx.rr.com Thu Nov 13 12:27:51 EST 2008 Previous message: [Elecraft] Questions from a Liberal Arts Major Next message: [Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar: Nov 13 - Dec 14, 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. I'm trying to figure out how to "hear" an S_Meter, but I suppose we all "listen" in different ways. I'm really surprised, after happily monitoring this list in stealth mode for some time while waiting for my K3 to arrive, how much it has begun to sound from time to time like every other vendor/product list, all of which I finally retired from after tiring of these sorts of discussions. Or perhaps I just haven't yet realized how many serious problems my new K3 has :) (returning to stealth mode) Grant/NQ5T UR RST 5 8.39974 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Previous message: [Elecraft] Questions from a Liberal Arts Major _______________________________________________ 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
