[Elecraft] W1 versus WM1

[Phil Hystad]

A typo that was repeated through the document and made its way to being labelled on the PCB!!

That is some typo.  Check the docs and I doubt you will think them as a typo.  Seems like a lot of opinions of people who think this is some other product of another company or a mistake.  But the document is still on the Elecraft web site and can be read.

The user guide has a date of 2006 and there is also a data sheet along with other mini-modules from Elecraft.  It is listed for $89.95.  I am convinced it was the older name of the W1.  Maybe some Elecraft person can confirm. 

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> On Jan 13, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Fred Townsend <fptownsend at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Could it be as simple as a typo. Did you compare file dates?
> 
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] W1 versus WM1
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> The document that I found on the Elecraft Web site was IDENTICAL to the document for the current W1.  Except, it was called WM1.  Not only that, the contents of the two documents were as close to identical as my brief read through could determine.  And, not only that (ditto) but the photograph of the WM1 PCB and parts layout was IDENTICAL to the W1 PCB and parts layout with the exception of the label that said WM1.
> 
> So, this is definitely an Elecraft product.  Not some Autek Research thing nor some older Oak Hills WM-1 unless Elecraft totally renamed it and put their name on the PCB board!
> 
> I am guessing that the item was renamed from WM1 to W1 and maybe because there was discovered a name conflict with this Autek or Oak Hills product.
> 
> 73, phil, K7PEH
> 
>> On Jan 13, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Augie Gus Hansen <augie.hansen at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> You might be confusing the Elecraft W1 with the older Oak Hills WM-1 (and later model WM-2).  I don’t recall anything from Elecraft designated “WM1”.
>> 
>> 
>> The WM1 Computing Meter is a product of Autek Research. It is a very nice 20/200/2000 watt power/SWR meter with selectable average and peak reading capabilities. SWR and power are shown simultaneously on separate meters. This is a very good quality meter that I have used for many years.
>> 
>> For my QRP work I also have the OHR WM-2 wattmeter. It, too, is a 
>> quality instrument, and it allows you to make accurate forward and 
>> reverse power measurements on 10/1/0.1 watt scales. (SWR is not shown 
>> directly - it must be calculated from the power readings.)
>> 
>> Gus Hansen
>> KB0YH
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