[Elecraft] other SWR Power meter for QRP

[Stuart Rohre]

The VFD has lots of features for the fixed station running high power, but
the Bird requires NO AC nor Batteries.

For QRP at the most popular levels of 5 watts, and 10 w pep ssb, there is an
excellent value kit power meter.

A very good, and calibration easy meter for QRP use is the Ten Tec T kit SWR
Power Meter.  Mine was $49.95, and an easy build from an excellent manual.
They may have gone up a bit, but still are an excellent buy.

To convert from 20 watt scale to 2 watt scale, I just turned a calibration
pot, to make a known power of 2 watts read that.  The scales can be 20w or
200 w as built, unless you recalibrate.  It does need one 9 volt battery,
but has low drain.  It also has pickups for both HF and for VHF/UHF.
Although not sold as a 440 MHz unit, I found it works fine for finding a
good
swr null with 440 equipment.

72, Stuart K5KVH