Hi Howard,

Most Kenwood transceivers with a general coverage receiver automatically put
an attenuator in line when you tune through the broadcast band.  I don't
know how many DB the attenuator is, but you can hear it click in when you go
below 160 meters.  I know that there mods out there to defeat the automatic
attenuation, but I think that Kenwood did that to keep receivers from being
overloaded by strong broadcast signals.
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From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:28 AM
Subject: kenwood options


Thanks for the idea about the enter key pressing it twice does give the
current frequency.  Now the old frequency key gives a talking S meter
reading.
Seems accureate except their must be a lot of attenuation on the broadcast
band.  Don't know why but trust me, WGN is not 10 DB over 9 with the
pre-amp turned on.
Thanks again!  That is sure fun to be able to get an S meter reading for
the first time in 38 years.
Now I know why my reports often are an S unit louder than the ones I get
back.  It's because my ear was off by an S unit.