I think this question came up before and if I remember correctly it is because the s-meter reading relates only to the signal strength (average power?) within the filter passband whereas the level shown in the panadapter window is averaged across the entire sampled bandwidth. This is by design. No doubt our resident gurus can express it more clearly.
Pete, N3EVL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Discrepancy between meters > Hi Alex, > > Yes - in fact I was going to post this same question. My S-meter > always seems to be 20 dB or more above the Panadapter display. > > 73, > > Mike - ke5akl > >>Has anybody noticed a substantial difference in RX signal between the dbm >>meter readout and the PanAdapter scale while receiving white noise? > >>73's de Alex > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
