DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Argh....what a nit-picker's delight.
Quite right!!
The reason why you get "You're S9 but please repeat everything" is
that you can be S9 and be covered by QRM/QRN.
I should have said 5 9.
If they want real measurements, then the person on the receiving end
should use a calibrated step attenuator and use it to "match" signal
levels. But no ham is likely to ask someone else for "an accurate
measure in uv or dbm" unless they already know that the "other guy"
has a REAL means of measuring AND has real reason to want to know.
For most of us hams (99.9%), "stronger" and "weaker" is good enough
for comparisons that we might want to do.
True. I very seldom look at my S meter - calibrated in dbm - unless doing
something with my antenna or if the other guy asks for a comparison in db.
Sun is up...off to Dayton.
Enjoy yourself!
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
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