Steve wrote:
>My Corsair II seems to be quite sensitive, and I have had a great
>time working DX on the low end of 80 meters with it. But, even with the RF
>gain up all the way, and the attenuator set to off, my radio seldom
>indicates more than S9 on receive. * * * It does read about
>S1 or S2 on normal background noise.
How much antenna do you have? In the northeast, I rarely see
background noise less than S5 (-97 dBm) at night on 80m (using
receivers that have calibrated S-meters), even with pretty pitiful
antennas. So I'm guessing your meter is somewhat pessimistic.
Best regards,
Charles
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