I recently got a couple of new slugs for my Bird 43. I checked 3 other wattmeters in my shack, a drake, a kenwood and a halfbreed, and NONE of them were accurate. One was 45 watts off!!
Bird... there simply is no substitute! de w5sum ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:36:38 -0600 Subject: Re: [AMRadio] watt meter > Try W7RF, Radiodan, at the link below. I personally like Bird > meters and he has a good assortment of new and used meters. Some > are PEP ready or you can buy a kit (either original Bird or a > knockoff) to convert a regular Model 43 to PEP. They are designed > for continuous duty and you can get any wattage slug you want from 5 > watts up.... WAY UP! > > http://www.radiodan.com/bird/index.htm > > Hope this helps. > > Rick/K5IZ > > Brett gazdzinski wrote: > > > > >What is everyone doing for a watt meter? > >My swan wm-3000 blew up last weekend, it reads no pep > >and about 1/4 of the correct average power. > >I could fix it if I could find out what diodes they used (3 gone), > >and one of the little inducters broke, but it > >would not be calibrated. > >It was a good meter, 4 scales going up to 2kw, real pep > >reading, large meter, but its toast. > > > >Looking around, not much out there that does high continuous power, > >real pep readings, looks good, etc. > >I went to ham radio outlet in Delaware today (working close by) and > >despite waiting for almost an hour, could not get much help. > >They would not let me open a box of a daiwa meter, and I hate the cross > >needle meters anyway, they had a diamond, not true pep, but I > >could not look at that, they wont unseal a box unless you buy it. > >That and the poor service had me walk out of the store > >vowing never to buy anything from them, ever. > > > >Some web searching turns up CB type meters, not good at lower > >frequencies, or discontinued units. > >Nye viking used to make a good one, but not anymore. > > > >The 813 rig can do well over the 1500 watt pep level, > >well over 2000 watts pep with the neg cycle loading > >deck hooked up, so I need something good for the power. > >MFJ makes one, but the manual shows its only good for > >500 watts 100% duty cycle, 600 or 700 watts of carrier means > >90 second transmissions (how cheap that mfj stuff is). > > > >Not much on ebay but old heathket meters... > > > >Brett > >N2DTS > > > > > >______________________________________________________________ > >AMRadio mailing list > >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > >AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb ------- End of Original Message -------
