Making the window on top optional would be the best of both worlds. I
have some very important reasons why I want to be able to
see the W2 window all the time.
Let me provide a little back ground here which I am sure will apply to a
number of you. First of all can you see your amplifier meters when you
operate? Can you see your power and SWR? Obviously I think all of us
would like to but in some cases it is physically impossible to see the
amplifier meters and it can really be a hassle to see the watt meter. I
have one amplifier I have to turn around to see it. I can see it when I
tune up but not when I operate unless I turn around. Some people have
amplifiers mounted a long ways away and just use them on one band so
they don't have to tune them all the time and of course there are a few
auto tune amplifiers. Actually with a lot of amplifiers once you know
the setting you can just dial them up. One can do remote metering but
that can be a major project and require hacking into a unit. It is even
quite an expense and project to remote a wattmeter until the W2 came along.
To try and keep track of what is going on with the amplifier and
antenna's I found out early on I at least want to see a watt meter right
where I operate. I have several Bird watt meters so I got things set up
so I can remote one of them with the meter away from the thru-line.
That works but then you are stuck with whatever slug you have in it and
you are either forward or reverse. I end up running around to get at the
thru-line and changing between the low and high power slugs and also
turning it for forward and reflected. Definitely not a good deal in a
contest and a nuisance at other times.
There are dual line Birds where you can look at forward and reverse but
now we are talking some $$$$. You also have to find room for two meters.
I was going to do this and then I seen the W2 which is a much better
solution as it is all right where you can see the remote unit. Now I
have various power levels for the exciter or amplifier and at the same
time reflected power, a peak reading watt meter and a number of other
features.
Now add the W2 software and you greatly enhance the W2 of which I
detailed some of the enhancements in another post. Anyway I need to
monitor what is going on all the time so I need to keep the W2 window
up. As I said making it optional would be the best of both worlds so
people who don't want it up all the time do not have to.
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