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Originally Posted by varunb007

does more bars mean a more fine indication of signal strength? like is 5/6 bars necessarily better than 4/5 bars?

Yes and No.

It's probably more what you're used to than anything.

When you have low signal say 15% on the 6 bar meter by showing 1 bar vs on the 4 bar meter it shows nothing, I don't know if it's safe to make a call. With the 4 bar meter it's sometimes too coarse.

When you have strong signal it doesn't really matter if it shows 4 or 6 bars.

It also makes it hard comparing radios. I think a lot of folks think they were getting less signal because the meter changed.