There's a little article about Orion's S-meter calibration and computer output over at http://blog.aa6e.net/2005/03/ten-tec-orion-s-meter-hamlib.html It explains why you never get < S 1.5 on the meter and why you might not want to work folks who come in at S9 + 50dB. -- martin.ewing at gmail.com http://blog.aa6e.net