W4SMT K3 S-Meter

[k6dgw]

OK, I tried this.  Fairly cool!  Doesn't work in contests when N1MM owns
the CAT, but all the other times, it just does work.  I'm pretty much
CW, I pretty much run the CWT, so I see nothing on the S-meter above S9.
  Now, I've been in this hobby for 60 years, I know none of this really
matters, but seeing an S-Meter that looks vaguely like the one on my
SX-28 as a teenager is sort of cool.

Still trying to figure out what the dB/uv scale under the S-scale means.
  I calibrated my K3 S-meter to S9 = -73dBm using my service monitor
which hasn't been calibrated in at least 2 decades.  Hey, this is
"amateur" radio, just having fun here.  P3 tracks with the K3 S-meter
which is reassuring.

If W4SMT is listening, would be great to be able to fool with the
averaging, like the P3.  On the other hand, I couldn't do that on my
SX-28, so nothing lost there.

Google "W4SMT S-meter", you'll get a lot of posts [probably including
this one], but the app is in there somewhere.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

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[Bill Turner]

For what it's worth:  The DXLab Commander program also reads the K3
S-meter in digital form.

Works great.

73, Bill W6WRT

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[Tim Herrick]

I'm sorry. I googled this but only get messages in forums with only one link which only goes to an eye glasses company. Could
someone pass along a URL for the download?

73,
Tim Herrick, KQ8M
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-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:30 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] W4SMT K3 S-Meter

OK, I tried this.  Fairly cool!  Doesn't work in contests when N1MM owns the CAT, but all the other times, it just does work.  I'm
pretty much CW, I pretty much run the CWT, so I see nothing on the S-meter above S9.
  Now, I've been in this hobby for 60 years, I know none of this really matters, but seeing an S-Meter that looks vaguely like the
one on my
SX-28 as a teenager is sort of cool.

Still trying to figure out what the dB/uv scale under the S-scale means.
  I calibrated my K3 S-meter to S9 = -73dBm using my service monitor which hasn't been calibrated in at least 2 decades.  Hey, this
is "amateur" radio, just having fun here.  P3 tracks with the K3 S-meter which is reassuring.

If W4SMT is listening, would be great to be able to fool with the averaging, like the P3.  On the other hand, I couldn't do that on
my SX-28, so nothing lost there.

Google "W4SMT S-meter", you'll get a lot of posts [probably including this one], but the app is in there somewhere.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

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