From 9fd348b3d240abe568bbeee85ce5dec565f44013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandru Csete OZ9AEC <csete@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:31:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Full RF power scale corresponds to 10 bars, not 15.

git-svn-id: https://hamlib.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/hamlib/trunk@2100 7ae35d74-ebe9-4afe-98af-79ac388436b8
---
 yaesu/ft817.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yaesu/ft817.c b/yaesu/ft817.c
index dfe4fd9fc..7403c4048 100644
--- a/yaesu/ft817.c
+++ b/yaesu/ft817.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * copied back and adopted for the FT-817.
  *
  *
- *    $Id: ft817.c,v 1.12 2005-09-04 10:44:22 csete Exp $  
+ *    $Id: ft817.c,v 1.13 2006-03-22 21:31:09 csete Exp $  
  *
  *
  *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -564,9 +564,14 @@ static int ft817_get_pometer_level(RIG *rig, value_t *val)
 		if ((n = ft817_get_status(rig, FT817_NATIVE_CAT_GET_TX_STATUS)) < 0)
 			return n;
 
-	/* Valid only if PTT is on */
+	/* Valid only if PTT is on.
+           FT-817 returns the number of bars in the lowest 4 bits
+           No documentation on how to interpret it but the max number
+           of bars on the display is 10 and I measure 4 watts on 20m 
+           when I read 8 bars, but the scale is not exactly linear.
+        */
 	if ((p->tx_status & 0x80) == 0)
-		val->f = ((p->tx_status & 0x0F) / 15.0);
+		val->f = ((p->tx_status & 0x0F) / 10.0);
 	else
 		val->f = 0.0;