The S-meter on all Flex radios is calibrated like a RF spectrum analyzer to S9 = -73 dBm = 50 uV, so what you are seeing ins actual power in the RX pass band.
Since you are seeing integrated power, the size of the RX filter is a determining factor. If you are using a 3K filter, change it to 500 Hz and notice the reduction in signal power (strength). Also other radio's S-meter is effected by the RF gain and AGC. Not so with the FlexRadio SDRs. These factors can account for the difference. On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Michael Goins <wmgo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Still setting up a 1500 here and the issue of the moment is noise > threshold. > > I am in the country and the radio I removed to replace with the 1500 had a > noise level of S1 or so. With the 1500, I am up around S5 as baseline noise > level. Nothing else has changed. > > The receiver is hotter, but not tremendously so, and I do not have the rig > strapped to the computer yet and I'm hoping that is some of the issue. > > mike, k5wmg > _______________________________________________ > 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://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > -- -Tim _______________________________________________ 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://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
