Bill,
I completely disagree.
Whatever signal is present at the antenna jack is what the meter shows.
Raj
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At 29/10/2020, you wrote:
Hi Raj,
S9 = 50 uV across 50 ohms. In the wild we rarely (if ever) have 50 Ohms at the antenna terminals. So there goes the baby along with the bath water. I do not know how to have a QSO a while the radio is connected to a set of lab equipment in a lab. I have to operate in the 'wild'.
73,
Bill KU8H
bark less - wag more
On 10/29/20 7:48 AM, Raj vu2zap wrote:
On S meter readings on 80's rigs:
I would generalize from my years of fixing and aligning rigs that S9 = 50uV at the antenna.
S8 = -6db of 50uV and S7 = -12db of 50 uV... below S7 the readings are approx.
S9+20/40/60 are usually correct although some rigs were slightly different at +60.
50uV is my first check for S9, if not then a retune and alignment would follow.
Raj
At 29/10/2020, you wrote:
Hi Bob,
The 'S' value in the RST does have some value but an estimate is good enough (and really all we can do). It is hard enough to pin down a number in a well equipped lab. A radio operating 'in the wild' (meaning outside of lab conditions) is just too uncertain. It is not a *hard* value. "Ten feet" is a good example of a hard value. There are no conditions where a ten foot pole can fit in a nine foot space.
I have pulled the cans off or partially off my ears for the same reasons as you and those old people (whoever they are). How do you do that with "earbuds"? A two-diode limiter works with those too. Use the volume control to keep out of the distortion levels. That's why it is called a volume *control*. Or just let your ears bleed. It can literally happen.
73,
Bill KU8H
bark less - wag more
On 10/28/20 5:40 PM, Bob Lunsford via groups.io wrote:
Everything is relative. One's S-meter reading depends on the receiver AND the antenna. One too many variables. A Volume Unit reading is based on voltage across a standard resister value. The VU reading may be more accurate but still has too many variables.
Personally, I do not need an S-meter and unless someone asks me, I do not give a Signal Strength report. It means little to me when we are talking about readability.
I can come up with a circuit that may warm someone's heart but my V6 does not need an S-meter. HOWEVER, the same circuit can be an operator for the AGC circuit. Old time operators used to pull the "cans" off the ears and put them over the temple to either adjust the audio level or keep excessive volume from waking them up. Been there, done that...
Bob ¡ª KK5R
Raj vu2zap