The LP-100A (I have one) is spec'd at "5% or better", without saying what "or better" means, and < 2% relative, which isn't a spec Elecraft provides for the W2, but which one could reasonably assume is in the same range.
I don't see any practical difference. True, the LP-100 is a also a good meter, and will give you a couple of digits of precision to the right of the decimal in the display in low power ranges, but given the absolute accuracy, they aren't exactly meaningful. Truth is, I wish I had never sold my Nye-Viking 3KW, old fashioned, analog metered, no PC interface, 'eyeball the power' power meter, thinking the new fangled thingy would somehow be better. The Nye did everything one needs unless you're running a lab instead of a ham radio station. But no, I drank the Coolaid :-) Grant/NQ5T > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brett Howard > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:42 PM > Cc: Elecraft List > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W2 Resolution > > Yes and this is where the LP100A shines. > > ~BTH > > On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 13:41 -0500, Grant Youngman wrote: > > You won't get higher accuracy by using the PC interface -- only > > higher > > precision. It's also kind of important to note that the > spec is +/- > > 0.5dB. Doesn't say if that's of indicated power or of scale > > maximum. ______________________________________________________________ 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
