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Re: Short Vertical (Whip) Antenna Matcher

 

I'm not picking on Kenwood, but I've measured their S-meter on HF.? Below S-9 each unit is between 3 and 1 dB difference.? It's pretty sad for calibration.? It took the transition to the SDR to have an S-meter measuring anything other than relative indications.? Whether it's 3 dB per S-unit (power) or 6 dB per S-unit (voltage), it is always understood what the meter indicates is in a non-inductive 50-ohm system.? Yes, we finally have S-meters that mean something!

Dave - W?LEV


On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 2:51?PM Andy G0FTD via <punkbiscuit=[email protected]> wrote:
-73dbm and all that stuff.
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At least these days we get a good mix of good s-meter consistency these days.
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Many ham rigs with old style analogue s-meters from the 80's onwards became
very good at their calibration, with S9 being -73dbm and 6db per s-point.
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And these days, HT's have moved on too. They often used what I called a
"blob-o-meter" sytstem that never meant much.
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But we now have SDR's a plenty with -dbm scales too, and even a $10 Quansheng HT
with upgraded firmware will read -dbm too with good accuracy.
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