ABOUT - S-Meters -and- Their Relative Merits
 

- I can no longer remember if I read it outright years ago,
- or made an assumption, but somewhere I got the
- impression that S-meters are named after the RST system.

MB,

ABOUT - S-Meters -and- Their Relative Merits
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw.../message/11900

So why aren't they called RST-Meters

-Or- If they are 'relative' Signal Strength Meters = SS-Meters -or-
S2-Meters

S-METER = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_meter

-Or- If they 'reflect' the Signal-to-Noise Ratio S2N-Meters

The S-Meter 'Blues' -by- Greg Ordy [W8WWV]
THE S-METER = http://tinyurl.com/ygo4rc
http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregor...eterBlues.htm#

Introduction - What is an S Meter? - Test Setup -
The Measurements - Discussion - Better Results = Conclusion

And . . . Just What Is An S-Unit ? ? ?
S-UNIT = http://www.ac6v.com/sunit.htm

RST Code - Used to Record and Report the Quality of Radio Signals
RST CODE = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RST_code
"RST" { Readability + Strength + Tone } Coding System
More 'about' The RST Reporting System
http://www.hamuniverse.com/rst.html

S-Meters and How To Use Them
-by- Paul Harden [NA5N]
http://www.rac.ca/opsinfo/smeters.htm
* HANDY-DANDY S-METER CHART
* SO WHAT-THE-HECK IS AN S-METER GOOD FOR?
* WHAT ABOUT THIS QRO vs QRP THING?

The S-Meter and Signal Strength
http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics...er/smeter.html

The Index To - "How To Do It" - Information.
Links about the - SIGNAL STRENGTH METER
http://www.nleindex.com/index.php?pI...dex&tID=E/1504

From the Urban Dictionary "S.Meter" [ "S" Dot Meter ] -v- S-Meter
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=s.meter


one wonders -and- asks why . . .
there is an 's' on my meter - iane ~ RHF