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Old January 5th 07, 03:47 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default s-meter readings - drake r8 vs.palstar r30cc vs. kenwood r-5000.


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

In article .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.