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From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:31:00 -0500
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Hi John,

Thanks for the personal reply! I'm glad I understand the process. Also, thanks 
for all your hard work; it shows!

73,

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the 
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

On Apr 10, 2013, at 9:58, John Henry <jhenry@tentec.com> wrote:

> Kim,
> 
> As Barry also stated, you are exactly correct. The smeter calibration
> process / feature in 3.033xa ONLY adjusts the voltage level going to the
> meter itself for receive signal strength. It does nothing to calibrate
> antenna input of 50uv to the DSP internally calculating it as an S-9. ok,
> you did say it better than my restate above. lol
> 
> 73, John Henry, KI4JPL
> 
> 
> To make sure I understand this, the S-meter calibration procedure for
> the O II v3.033xa firmware does nothing more or less than set the
> voltages the DSP unit must send to the S-meter to get specific
> deflections (readings). This calibration procedure has absolutely
> NOTHING to do with calibrating whether a 50 uV signal at the antenna
> terminals results in the DSP unit sending a "S-9 voltage" value to the
> meter.  That's an entirely different problem and procedure. Have I got
> it?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Kim N5OP
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