[TenTec] Orion II S Meter

[Barry Gross]

As Phil measured, the meter is overly dramatic above and below s9 - here's
correct readings with actual readings in parentheses

 uV                S-Meter

5                    s5.7 (s3)
15                  s7.3 (s6)
50                  s9
150                s9+10dB (9+20dB)
500                s9+20dB (9+35dB)
1500              s9+30dB (9+45dB)
5000              s9+40dB (9+55dB)

On 12/28/05, Phil Howlett <w9xx at direcway.com> wrote:
>
> Some have been kicking about the Orion II's S-meter reading this morning.
> To
> satisfy my own curiosity, I hauled out a Boonton signal generator and made
> some measurements at 14.200 of signal level vs S-Meter. S-9 was found to
> be
> 50uV and then 10dB steps above and below 50uV were taken to generate the
> following table. The preamp was off.
>
>   uV                S-Meter
>
> 5                    3
> 15                  6
> 50                  9
> 150                9+20dB
> 500                9+35dB
> 1500              9+45dB
> 5000              9+55dB
>
> The S9 50uV meter reading seems to hold from band to band very well. The
> strongest signals I receive are approx S9+50dB.
>
> W9XX
>
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