[TowerTalk] Speaking of S units

Zaidi, Asim asim.zaidi@toraag.com
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 15:26:56 -0400


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>From: 	Roger A. McCarty[SMTP:rmccarty@deltanet.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, August 08, 1997 10:44 PM
>To: 	towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: 	Re: [TowerTalk] Speaking of S units
>
>I'll have to admit that as of yet, I have not seen a definitive
>empirical standard for an s units value BUT, to back up Rod's

Nor has anyone seen Heaven or Hell !!  Can you see PAIN !!

>(pg.11 pp 5-5)
>"The S-Meter is calibrated in S-Units to 9 and in decibels to 70db over
>S-9.
>
>S9 represents a 50-microvolt signal at the antenna input. Each S-unit
>represents approximately 6 DB change in signal strength."

IMHO ... Don't dabble in the knowledge of the GOD's. After all you did
answer
to your question, above ....

73's
ve3xap (@4th dimension)
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