S Meter - IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1

IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 agreed on a technical recommendation for S Meter calibration for HF and VHF/UHF transceivers in 1981.

IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1 defines S9 for the HF bands to be a receiver input power of -73 dBm. This is a level of 50 microvolts at the receiver's antenna input assuming the input impedance of the receiver is 50 ohms.

For VHF bands the recommendation defines S9 to be a receiver input power of -93 dBm. This is the equivalent of 5 microvolts in 50 ohms.

The recommendation defines a difference of one S-unit corresponds to a difference of 6 decibels (dB), equivalent to a voltage ratio of two, or power ratio of four.

Signals stronger than S9 are given with an additional dB rating, thus "S9 + 20dB", or, verbally, "20 decibels over S9" or simply "20 over 9".

Read more about this topic:  S Meter

Famous quotes containing the words region and/or technical:

    the Mind of Man—
    My haunt, and the main region of my song.
    William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
    Heywood Broun (1888–1939)