[TenTec] STANDARDISATION OF S-METER READINGS

[Jim Brown K9YC]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:15:51 -0600, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:

>Fortunately most companies today do adhere to and have adopted the 
>50 uV for S-9 as the standard and one S unit change is 6 dB signal 
>change.

Really?  I doubt it. I own two TS850s and two FT1000MPs. I haven't 
measured the sensitivity of S9 (I simply didn't pay attention), but 
I looked at the value of an S-unit. In general, S8 to S9 is usually 
be 6 dB, but S7 to S8 is less, and S-units below S6 are about 3 dB 
on a good day. YMMV. Standard adhered to by manufacturers? Ya gotta 
be kidding.

73,

Jim Brown K9YC