FTM-100’s mysterious S-RF scale
Ludo | 1 mars 2020 |
The FTM-100 S-RF indicator has no scale, which makes it useless as is. I can’t find any good reason for Yaesu to omit giving any information about that scale, even on the user’s manual. S-RF readings vary from one transceiver’s model to another, that’s a known fact, but I truly believe that Yaesu made many steps further with this absurd meter thing. |
So, for all intents and purposes:
Equivalent S-meter scale source: Wikipedia
Test setup:
Rohde&Schwarz CMS 50, installed in the car’s trunk, and connected to the transceiver with 1 meter of LMR-195 coaxial cable.
