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Climber
| | Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 3:09 pm: | 
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Have a decent radio, amp, antenna, ect. Yet need a reasonably priced (mobile to measure wattage swing) meter to measure this system. I know of Byrd, & MJF on the high price end.
What of the Aries A-SWR-460?
What is a ok meter on a working man's budget?
If it doesn't exist thats ok, I know quality and price are somewhat dependent.
Thanks,
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Alsworld
| | Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 6:39 pm: |
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Climber,
Coppers sells bunches of meters within your price range.
What you are asking for is something that is a "peak" reading meter. This will measure your swing. Search here for one that has that feature within your price range. RMS reads average watts, Peak will display your "swing watts" you are looking for.
Alsworld |
Climber
| | Posted on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 9:41 pm: |
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Alsworld,
Thank you!
Which one do you use?
Climber |
2600
| | Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 1:06 am: |
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The expensive "Peak-Reading" meters have a small amplifier circuit inside them. It "captures" those brief modulation peaks, and holds the meter needle up there during the "valleys" between those peaks. This requires some kind of power source to run the "peak hold" circuit.
The affordable ones have no battery or power cord, and are usually called a "passive" peak-reading meter. The one flaw most of these share is that they read peaks most accurately at power ranges of 200 watts or more. There's just more RF power available to "borrow" for holding that needle up there. Nearly all of them will be "stingiest" about displaying swing on the lowest power scales. The Bulldog is the only one I have seen that isn't "stingy" on the barefoot power scales, but it's not really "affordable".
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Alsworld
| | Posted on Monday, February 03, 2003 - 1:01 pm: |
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Climber,
I personally use the Dosy 4002 PSW. It has all the features that I wanted. It is rather large so may or may not be the meter you desire.
Alsworld |
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