Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question

2011-03-27 Thread Joel Harrison
: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tony Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:59 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question On 3/26/2011 12:56 PM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Hi Tony, This throws some

Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question

2011-03-26 Thread Tony
On 3/26/2011 12:55 AM, Clay W7CE wrote: Yes. And my lab tests show that it is very accurate (better than +/- 1 dB). 73, Clay W7CE That's great news Clay. Finally, an S-meter that's calibrated and accurate. Certainly useful. Thank you Flexradio Tony -K2MO On 3/25/2011 9:45 PM, Tony

Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question

2011-03-26 Thread Gerald Youngblood
Hi Tony, This throws some people off but the S meter will be accurate whether the preamp is on or off. The peak signal level on the panadapter will stay at the same level as well. This means that both the panadapter and S meter will give you a very accurate measurement of the RF power at the

Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question

2011-03-26 Thread Tony
On 3/26/2011 12:56 PM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: Hi Tony, This throws some people off but the S meter will be accurate whether the preamp is on or off. The peak signal level on the panadapter will stay at the same level as well. This means that both the panadapter and S meter will give you a

[Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question

2011-03-25 Thread Tony
All, Is the Flex 5000A S-meter calibrated to Collin standard, i.e., S-9 = -73dbm and 6db per s-unit? Thanks, Tony -K2MO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] S-meter Calibration Question

2011-03-25 Thread Clay W7CE
Yes. And my lab tests show that it is very accurate (better than +/- 1 dB). 73, Clay W7CE On 3/25/2011 9:45 PM, Tony wrote: All, Is the Flex 5000A S-meter calibrated to Collin standard, i.e., S-9 = -73dbm and 6db per s-unit? Thanks, Tony -K2MO