"Roy Lewallen" wrote in message
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Thanks for the references.

Where does the fiction come from that an "S-unit", presumably the marks
on our S-meters, is or for some reason should be, 6 dB -- that this is a
"correct" or "ideal" value?


Might be IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1. See
http://www.algonet.se/~k-jarl/ssa/IARU/smeter.html

Do we have to adhere to it? No, but if enough equipment makers implemented
it, we might have a tough time ignoring it.

Sal