[TenTec] S-Meters

[Larry DiGioia]

I agree completely. Some signals are unintelligible at S5, and others 
are fine without moving the S-meter. If the S-meter only measured signal 
and not noise, then you would have something - heck, if you had a meter 
that only measured noise, it would still be more useful.

Larry N8KU

wo8l at aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Since the whole concept of RST is pretty theoretical, what's the different how an S-meter performs?  I've been a ham for 35 or 40 years and my 579 to station is not some other ham's 579 to a station.
>  
> I have a Kenwood TS570 with a bar illustration for an S-meter.  I'm not sure what it means.  I also have run a Yaesu FT-897D.  I had no idea what's going on with that digital bar which goes back and forth, back and forth.
>  
> My best rig is an OMNI VI Plus.  I like watching that meter go up and down.  It's a very smooth S-meter but I don't really care if it's several hairs generous or stingy.
>  
> It's all relative.  If you can hear them, you can work them.
>  
> 73s,
>  
> Rick
> WO8L
> North Carolina
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