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External S meter


Several years ago I saw a 2950 for sale on e-bay that came with a large external S meter that plugged into the back of the radio. They probably did it like Mike said.
 
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Another feature that I’d warmly welcome in an export!

Why I added to or started a thread (can’t remember) on the subject this past year.

I “get it” that there’s not quite a reference to make S-meters reliably accurate or highly similar from one unit to another.

My use has been in mobile where one is constantly moving (big truck) and the relative strength of one signal against others is what makes it useful.

- Is the other a base or mobile?

- Am I heading towards or away from the other?

- Is the other on a highway only intersecting this one?

- Is it skip?

Hearing, “there’s a wreck”, gets ones attention. The idiots in cars are going to again prove their unworthiness to hold a license, thus any info about what & where have precedence.

Then there’s the desire to correlate how one’s own unit is doing versus reports (most of which are polite, but not informative).

As the truck radio IS NOT situated where “watching” the meter is advisable, a remote on the dash has great appeal.

The 4.5” LDG FTL Meter (now out of production) is the model for what is wanted. Large, backlight display in a sturdy case.

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Why I added to or started a thread (can’t remember) on the subject this past year.

I “get it” that there’s not quite a reference to make S-meters reliably accurate or highly similar from one unit to another.

My use has been in mobile where one is constantly moving (big truck) and the relative strength of one signal against others is what makes it useful.

- Is the other a base or mobile?

- Am I heading towards or away from the other?

- Is the other on a highway only intersecting this one?

- Is it skip?

Hearing, “there’s a wreck”, gets ones attention. The idiots in cars are going to again prove their unworthiness to hold a license, thus any info about what & where have precedence.

Then there’s the desire to correlate how one’s own unit is doing versus reports (most of which are polite, but not informative).

As the truck radio IS NOT situated where “watching” the meter is advisable, a remote on the dash has great appeal.

The 4.5” LDG FTL Meter (now out of production) is the model for what is wanted. Large, backlight display in a sturdy case.

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Damn....Slowmover you are a plethora of knowledge. "Roads Scholar" of sorts. (y)
 
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Damn....Slowmover you are a plethora of knowledge. "Roads Scholar" of sorts. (y)

As you know, truck driving is a job where time can hang heavy.

Then, too much happens at once.

Radio reports with contradictions make one
wish for a referee (meter) while sorting.

A whole sack of related problems just showed up. Accurate assessment of what’s ahead is the thing.

Dropping a gear. Or three. Mentally, one is changing possible arrival time at receiver two days ahead with reports coming in. Time to perhaps alert company. A helluva lot more evaluation of overtaking traffic ensues. Reaching for the atlas.
Changing the GPS screen for a different map layer. Etc.

Slowdown, or stop ahead? Inability to assign stars to better/worse radio chatter is a current flaw in the process of time & distance analysis.

The LDG meter series stands out (whether or not it could be adapted to a non-Yaesu radio).

And a good memory helps. But this set of topics (radio) is pretty new to me. Because I owned them didn’t mean I paid a great deal of attention until it became genuinely hard to make a Class 8 installation “work”.

This site is the scholarly reference (for a guy like me). Discussion of equipment and the practical. Theoretical still past me.


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