http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-S-Meter-behavior-tp5295728p5302184.html
Understood. My poorly described point was that the signal strength as
signal passing through the meter. Readability can be influenced by
> Rich,
>
> You DO tell the other person how you are "receiving" them.. That's the
> R part of the report READABILITY... If you have difficultly with copy
> of their signal you can go from 1 to 5 with that report. The S meter
> still tells you how well their signal strength is at your QTH.
> Even if you have a Superdupper rig that can filter every bit of noise
> out of the signal chain, and you can hear them as if they were sitting
> right next to you, it doesn't mean that the standard for Signal
> strength has changed. The guy on the other end of the radio just
> wants to know how well he's pushing your meter up and down with his
> antenna set up (and your antenna as part of that factor)..
> The readability part will let him know if his rig is doing a good job
> of filtering the noise so he can copy you. I've had RST reports
> of 379 because the other person could clearly see that my signal
> strength was there, but the QRN was keeping him from having clear copy
> of it. With your method and a loud noise floor I would have most
> likely got a 419 instead.
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:58:27 -0700
> > From:
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> > To:
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> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 S Meter behavior
> >
> > I don't really understand, but would be interested in more
> discussion on
> > this. I think I understand that the apparent power of a signal to your
> > ears/brain may vary even though the actual received power is the same.
> >
> > Commercials on TV seems much louder than the shows these days, but I'm
> > hearing that the actual power stays the same.
> >
> > We can alter the TX or RX equalization in the K3, I think that means we
> > can use a standard 100 watts, but change the apparent "loudness" we
> hear
> > by focusing the power in the audio bands that are best heard or for the
> > best intelligibility, and that varies according to age, long proximity
> > to artillery/machines, and other factors. The Heil 4/5 mics give the
> > same effect.
> >
> > That seems to mean that a "standard" S7 signal could sound like
> > something else. I wonder how meaningful an S meter reading is. It
> > seems that it is more important to tell the other op how well you are
> > receiving their message (as apposed to their signal strength) and that
> > is the result of more than the meter reading.
> >
> >
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