Yes, even on a steady carrier from a broadcast station on 40 meters I
get a zero S-meter reading.  When I switch to LSB I get an S6
reading.  I changed the audio bandwidth on CW and got no change from
zero. Mysterious!

At 06:00 PM 11/10/2005, you wrote:

>Hi Dave.
>
>I'm curious about something.  If you find a steady carrier in the CW mode,
>do you still get a zero reading?
>
>The problem with these new S-meters is that they work well on the steady
>carriers, but I find that if I have a signal that is being interrupted, or
>is varying in strength (like SSB) then I have to be careful to read the
>meter at the exact instant that I'm actually getting signal, and on my
>TS2000S, that's tricky.  I expect that is true on the TS480 as well.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>At 07:05 AM 11/10/2005 -0800, you wrote:
> >I'm a new TS-480 owner and have discovered that the voice readout for
> >the S-meter is always 0 on CW.  On sideband it is what you would
> >expect even for a CW signal.  Is there a way to get an S-meter
> >readout in CW mode?  I have the 500Hz filter installed and in use on CW.
> >
> >de AF6Y, Dave
> >
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