RadioBanter - View Single Post - s-meter readings - drake r8 vs.palstar r30cc vs. kenwood r-5000.

Telamon · January 6th 07, 04:20 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

In article ,
"Pete KE9OA" wrote:

"john" wrote in message
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Telamon wrote:
In article ,
BDK wrote:

In article m,
says...

David wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:17:32 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article
s.com,
"john" wrote:

An exception would be radios that have a signal strength meter in
dBm,
which is an absolute scale.

Millivolts?

actually the palstar and the drake scales are in Decibels, while the
kenwoods scale is in Db at the top and millivolts at the bottom. also
before anyone asks my rf gain is fully clockwise on both the drake
and
kenwood. the palstar doesn't have a rf gain control.

You can't even be sure identical radios will have the same S-Meter
readings, in most cases. The reading is pretty meaningless, except to
compare antennas, or if a preselector is used, to adjust for max
reading.

Nonsense.

so a stronger s-meter reading on one radio indicates the more sensitive
radio? in this case the kenwood?

No.

I would go with a big maybe.

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Telamon
Ventura, California