Bird advertised and prints in the manual +/- 5% of full scale power. I remember some digital meters ARRL tested a few years back that did not do that well. Are your numbers something you experienced?
Chuck KE9UW [email protected] Sent from my iPad > On Mar 19, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Ken G Kopp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bill, > > As long as one keeps in mind that Bird's reputatiom for accuracy has become > a thing of the past. There are many more current products that surpass > them. > > Always bear in mind that their odd meters (30 uA) are very non-linear and > measurements made using element ranges that fall in the bottom 1/3 or so of > the scale are the most accurate. Overall, they claim to be accurate to +/- > 20 percent of full scale. HORRIBLE in > today's world! > > FWIW ... > > 73! > > K0PP > >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018, 12:09 William Levy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A long time ago I was sitting with an old ham in his shack discussing >> purchasing a new SWR meter. >> I was going to buy some twenty buck job and he told me the following. >> >> "If you buy the 20 buck model, soon you will get the 30 buck and then the >> 40 buck and on and on until you finally buy the Bird. >> If you start with the Bird you won't need all those others. >> >> I took his advice and I bought the Bird. >> >> Buy the good stuff, as good as you can afford and stop worrying about the >> price or the deal. >> >> N2WL >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
