[TowerTalk] antenna FS measurements

Gary McDuffie, Sr. mcduffie at actcom.net
Tue Jun 29 19:38:46 EDT 2004


On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:11:03 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:

> It would be much better to just use a step attenuator and
> set the S meter to the same reading down low on the scale
> then to depend on everything being linear with the AGC off.

Also, since most receiver AGCs are not linear, they respond to a db of
change quicker at some areas of the meter than others.  Some
experimentation to show at what level the receiver is most sensitive
would be good.

g1

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