Well, one thing I think everybody is missing. In all my years as a ham, S 
was never meant to coincide with an S-Meter reading, it was a relative 
indication of signal strength.

For one thing, I generally have an S5 noise level, so somebody who was an S5 
I'd probably give a 449 or whatever, assuming that somebody right in the 
noise wouldn't be easily read.  Somebody S9 to maybe 10 over, I might give 
an 8.  A very strong signal I'd give a 9.

Of course, in working SSB, I alsways give an S-meter reading and even before 
a talking S-Meter came along, I was pretty good at approximating 10 or 20 
over.

Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: rst


> Hi.
>
> It wouldn't surprise me if they are using very similar sampling techniques
> on the TS2000 and the '480.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 09:50 AM 6/20/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>>I don't own a ts480, but i have noticed that the TS-2000 exhibits much the
>>same thing as you mentioned with signals sounding about 2 S units louder
>>then what the meter is indicating.