Re: Re: K3 S-Meter and 6dB
Posted by
N2EY on
May 17, 2007; 4:03pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-IF-AF-Dsp-questions-comparisons-tp447571p447593.html
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>I agree that 5 dB per S-unit makes good engineering sense. Sorry to
the
>standards group, but 6 db per s-unit just doesn't add up.
Sure it does. 6 dB is four times the power. Half an S unit is doubling
the power.
5 dB per S-unit means two S units are ten times the power and four S
units are one hundred times the power.
>S-meters are only useless because they've been built that way for too
>many years.
IMHO that depends on whether you want a receiver or a lab-quality
selective voltmeter.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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