On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:26:45 -0500, Jay Urish wrote > Right now I have a Bird 4410. > > What does everybody think about the telewave units? > -- > Jay Urish W5GM
Birds and the Telewaves are not SWR bridges, they're directional wattmeters. With that said, I'm not fan of the Telewaves. I have two of the 44A's, but I rarely use them. The switch is a little flakey on one of the ones I have, even though it's only maybe 5 years old. The other one is a little older, and it has someting intermittant internally that results in it giving different readings on sucessive key-ups. I have several different flavors of Birds including 43's, 43P's, the digital 4391A, etc. Without fail, I always find myself grabbing one of the 43's (call me a stubborn OF, but they just work). The digital 4391 is nice, but as you might imagine, the battery is always dead at the most inopportune time. I have a Bird 4410 at one of my clients' locations, and like it for what little time I've used it. I have Coaxial Dynamics wattmeters of various types at broadcast sites, but generally speaking, if I'm the one doing the buying, I buy Bird. --- Jeff Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/