John Rabson wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: M.J.Powell <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: LF: S-meter standard
> In message <[email protected]>, Stewart Bryant
> <[email protected]> writes
> > Why do the manufacturers still bother with S units. Why don't
> > receivers just
> > measure dBuV or dBm at the antenna?
>
> Because that would mean equalising the gain exactly over the whole
> range. Expensive. The WJ1000 does though.
>
The RC411 did.
73 de
John Rabson G3PAI
Actually in these modern microprocessor days it does not mean equalising
the
gain, it means adding an S meter correction table to the software, and
running the S meter via the CPU rather than directly from the AGC line.
73
Stewart G3YSX
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