[TenTec] Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions

[Rick Williams]

Well I must admit after owning an Omni V I pretty well gave up on S-meter
readings.  About the ONLY place it was close was on 40 metres.  Otherwise it
never agreed with my Argo V or any other receiver in the shack.  But then
that reminds me of the man with 2 watches.  A man with one watch always
knows what time it is.  A man with two watches is never sure!  Perhaps the
same can be said for S-meters!

If you look back through the archives there was a discussion on the S-meter
in the RX-340.  Apparently that meter sampling circuit is about as good as
it gets! 

73, 

Rick 
VE7TK

Website:  http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk  

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Subject: 	Re: [TenTec] Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions
From: 	"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
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Date: 	Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:46:42 +0200
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 08:21:03AM -1000, Ken Brown wrote:
> S-meter readings are already virtually meaningless.

Yes, but what worries me is that almost all the time using the same
antenna. my Argo 509, Triton-IV digital, Drake TR-5, Kenwood TS-430s
and R5000 all read within one S unit of each other. The needles are in
different spots, but the numbers are the same.

Geoff.