Edwin, This thread has been on the reflector before. The SDR-1000 is reading the actual signal coming from the antenna. Once calibrated it is VERY accurate.
I have an XG-1 and it aligns nicely with my 756 Pro II. BTW, the previous thread also posed the question of making the S-meter more like traditional rig - less accurate. This option was overwhelmingly vetoed by the Reflector users. This is one of the things that separates the SDR from traditional radios - the S meter was done right! -Tim ---- Integrated Technical Services www.itsco.com "Si fractum non sit, id reficere" -Unknown Roman consultant -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marzan, Edwin Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:44 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] S - Meter Emulation After a couple of hours of putting together the Elecraft XG-1 kit I finally calibrated my S meter setting the level to -73dBm and was surprised to see that the readings were so much lower than that of my Yaesu FT-847 that it seemed something was wrong. I checked the archives here and it appears that I'm not the only one to notice a huge discrepancy between the Flex-Radio and other transceivers. The general consensus is that the FlexRadio has the most accurate S meter. I must admit that I expect my S meter to move every time I receive a signal so it does seem a bit weird when I'm hearing weak stations and the meter just doesn't budge. A few other hams who visited the shack commented on the low readings and when I explained that I read that the Flex had the more accurate meter my statement raised a few eyebrows. So, do we Flexers want our S meters to behave as they have for most of our lives? Inaccurate but lively or accurate and sluggish? Perhaps it would be worthwhile to submit a feature request that would address this situation. Sort of an S meter emmulator. We can ask the designers to take a few of the most popular transceivers and analyze how their S - meters behave and have the FlexRadio emmulate it. One day I can set it to Kenwood 870, or the next day a Yaesu FT-1000 or somesuch. I once calibrated my S meter to the signal of a local AM station so that it would read +60 and I felt more comfortable since the readings were a lot closer to my Yaesu FT847. Also note that when I tested my Yaesu FT847 with the Elecraft XG-1 the reading came to +30! That was a real shocker! Could there be a problem with the Elecraft putting out more than it should? I don't believe I made any mistakes building the unit but one never knows. What do you think? S meter emulation? Our radios should behave the way we we're used to, shouldn't they? I'm hitting a guy with +20 and he's hitting me with S7. It just doesn't seem right. Thanks for reading. Edwin Marzan AB2VW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20061214/60ca70dd/attach ment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
