[Elecraft] W2 Resolution

[Brett Howard]

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.   
> Nonetheless, you can get all the digits of precision through a PC  
> readout you want, you still are only going to be +/- 100 watts  
> accurate or so in the middle of the 2K range.  This is consistent
> with  
> the accuracy of other similar good quality RF Power meters.
> 
> It wouldn't seem to matter all that terribly much that the LEDs only  
> give you 20 intervals, or that you could possibly get readings to
> the  
> watt on the 2KW (or even the 200W) range.  Once you throw in  
> measurement error, you still only know your output power within some  
> range of a few percent.
> 
> Grant/NQ5T