Signal comparison k3 vs p3

[Paul VanOveren-2]

Just listening to 9a2na on 15 meters....S-9 on the K3 S meter and about
S5-S6 on the P3 and also on the larger monitor, SVGA...How do I get them to
match each other?, or at least be somewhat similar strength.?

NF8J

Paul VanOveren
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Alto, Mi 49302
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Paul,

Assuming that you've calibrated the P3 per the instructions in the user
manual, try turning off 'Averaging' on the P3. The peaks of the signals
should then be much closer to what the K3 S meter reports.

73, Dale  WA8SRA

> Just listening to 9a2na on 15 meters....S-9 on the K3 S meter and about
> S5-S6 on the P3 and also on the larger monitor, SVGA...How do I get them
> to
> match each other?, or at least be somewhat similar strength.?
>
> NF8J
>
> Paul VanOveren
> 5911 Snow Av
> Alto, Mi 49302
> [phone]
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[Bill Clarke]

My P3 and K3 track very well - no problems noted with S-meter readings.

I don't use the P3 for much of anything except a display of activity 50
kcs up and down the band - in the VFO mode so that I can up or down
making the interesting spike move to the center of the scope.

Expensive toy, but I wouldn't be without it now.

Bill W2BLC
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[Alan Bloom-2]

See the P3 Owner's Manual section "How to Set Up and Interpret the P3
Display" the paragraph that starts, "You would expect the S meter on the
K3 and the signal on the P3 display to indicate the same level..."

Basically, the P3 has an effective receive bandwidth narrower than the
K3.  So for a narrow-band signal like CW they should read the same, but
for a spread-out signal like SSB, each frequency point of the P3 only
contains a fraction of the total signal so it appears to read lower.

Alan N1AL


On 3/8/2013 11:18 AM, Paul VanOveren wrote:

> Just listening to 9a2na on 15 meters....S-9 on the K3 S meter and about
> S5-S6 on the P3 and also on the larger monitor, SVGA...How do I get them to
> match each other?, or at least be somewhat similar strength.?
>
> NF8J
>
> Paul VanOveren
> 5911 Snow Av
> Alto, Mi 49302
> [phone]
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