K3 S-meter

[Ian Maude]

Hi all,
I have been having great fun building a K3 for a friend and have a query
on the S-meter.  I have checked it with my XG1 and it appears to have s9
for 50uV etc.  It seems *very* reluctant to go over s9 though.  I am
considering setting it for s9 without the preamp in.  Any ideas please?

Ian

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Ian J Maude, G0VGS
SysOp GB7MBC DX Cluster
Member RSGB, GQRP
K2 #4044 |K3 #?

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[Ian Maude]

Ian J Maude wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have been having great fun building a K3 for a friend and have a
> query on the S-meter.  I have checked it with my XG1 and it appears to
> have s9 for 50uV etc.  It seems *very* reluctant to go over s9
> though.  I am considering setting it for s9 without the preamp in.  
> Any ideas please?
>
> Ian
>
I have recalibrated it and it is fine now.  Not sure what the problem was.

Ian

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Ian J Maude, G0VGS
SysOp GB7MBC DX Cluster
Member RSGB, GQRP
K2 #4044 |K3 #?

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[Tom Hammond-2]

Ian:

>I have been having great fun building a K3 for a friend and have a
>query on the S-meter.  I have checked it with my XG1 and it appears
>to have s9 for 50uV etc.  It seems *very* reluctant to go over s9
>though.  I am considering setting it for s9 without the preamp
>in.  Any ideas please?

Ensure that you do NOT have CWT enabled... if you do, it 'steals' the
high end of the
S-meter range... turn CWT off and the rest of the S-meter scale returns.

Some ops didn't realize that the S-meter stops at the bottom of the
CWT scale when it's
enabled... even though the S-meter WANTS to go higher, you can't see it.

Cheers,

Tom   N0SS
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