[Icom] IC756 SWR meter compared with FC902 or DAIWA CN101

[Chris BONDE]

My rig, IC756P  (old now) has a digital (bar) and analogue (needle meter), 
both internal meters read very close to the same.  I use the bar as it is 
easier to read from about 1 metre.  I have an external tuner with meter, 
analogue.   The external meter is usually a little higher than the 
internal.  But as one person said, "If the rig is happy, that is the way to 
go".

Some one said to tune to max output.  I tried that and became 
frightened.  I used both the rig output to max and the external tuner 
output to max, then checked the SWR.  The SWR was higher than 3:1 on both 
the internal and external meters.  So what is going on?

Chris opr VE7HCB



>Hi Juan,
>
>I would put my trust on the the CN101 (I own one and I'm very happy
>with it), the scaling on a good SWR meter will give you a better
>reading than the rig build in rig meter, especially if the rig uses a
>LCD bar display (my 706MKIIG uses one of these).
>
>73
>Demetre - SV1ENS