Thanks to all for the comments. Will pursue this further as I continue to learn more about the radio. It's a long, long way from the Hallicrafter SX-101 that was the first receiver here back in '76, so I'm ramping up on it.
mike k5wmg On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Tim Ellison <t.m.ellison...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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/
