IMHO you can try with a bolometer, wich is a milliwatt-meter, an some good attenuators capable of handle the power levels that you are going to use... An HP432A is a good instrument that you often find on ebay for less than 200,00 USD (thermistor head included). If You are going to do some serious test this is the right way to do it! Alternative: find a dear OM near you that operates on microwave (1296 MHz and up).... He has the instrument for sure....
73 de Giulio IW3HVB K2 N°4681, now completed with KPA100, KSB2, KNB2 & KDSP2. -- QUOTE: I was afraid of that -- I recalibrated the tuner with a 50 ohm dummy load and now it's showing 1.9 W when running on batteries, which sounds correct. I will further calibrate when I have access to a known accurate wattmeter. Thank you for clarifying. --Andrew _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com