[Elecraft] DMM recommendations

[William Levy]

My use is as to check forward or reverse, really that my antennas are
working.

If I am running 500 watts out I put in a 500 watt element. If I have a 1500
watt amp I put in 2500w element. 100 watts here or there at 1500 watts
doesn't matter. That the antenna is OK *really does matter!*

I have not found anything that even comes close. My delight over 50  years
of hamming is that Model 43s and their panel mounted equivalents are found
on Ebay and at Hamfests and surplus venues so I pretty much have one on any
serious amp I have.

Bill N2Wl


On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 3:39 PM, hawley, charles j jr <c-hawley at illinois.edu
> wrote:

> Bird advertised and prints in the manual +/- 5% of full scale power. I
> remember some digital meters ARRL tested a few years back that did not do
> that well. Are your numbers something you experienced?
>
> Chuck KE9UW
> c-hawley at illinois.edu
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Mar 19, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > As long as one keeps in mind that Bird's reputatiom for accuracy has
> become
> > a thing of the past.  There are many more current products that surpass
> > them.
> >
> > Always bear in mind that their odd meters (30 uA) are very non-linear and
> > measurements made using element ranges that fall in the bottom 1/3 or so
> of
> > the scale are the most accurate.  Overall, they claim to be accurate to
> +/-
> > 20 percent of full scale.  HORRIBLE in
> > today's world!
> >
> > FWIW ...
> >
> > 73!
> >
> > K0PP
> >
> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018, 12:09 William Levy <wglevy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> A long time ago I was sitting with an old ham in his shack discussing
> >> purchasing a new SWR meter.
> >> I was going to buy some twenty buck job and he told me the following.
> >>
> >> "If you buy the 20 buck model, soon you will get the 30 buck and then
> the
> >> 40 buck and on and on until you finally buy the Bird.
> >> If you start with the Bird you won't need all those others.
> >>
> >> I took his advice and I bought the Bird.
> >>
> >> Buy the good stuff, as good as you can afford and stop worrying about
> the
> >> price or the deal.
> >>
> >> N2WL
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