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Subject: [TenTec] Signal reporting
From: n4lq@iglou.com (Steve Ellington)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:23:03 -0500 (EST)
I'm not sure how an S meter could show signal strenght at the antenna
input since there is such a wide spectrum of signals present at that
point. I don't see any reason why S meters couldn't be more accurate. I've
calibrated mine at 50uv for S9 and checked it against my HP generator and
gotten fair accuracy. A few db error is no big deal. 

RST reports are much more subjective than S meter readings in my
opinion. An S-9 report is supposed to be "Extreamly Strong". In my mind,
thats about 30db over S9. 


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