[ICOM] Re: Power Meter

[Hans Remeeus]

Very nice story, Scott! I really enjoyed reading it.

Okay; for the field engineer the Bird 43P would be a better solution of 
course. It is a huge solid meter, but much more expensive too. And not very 
user-friendly with the forward and reflected power reading.

For the normal (what is normal...?) Ham operation however the Daiwa CN-801H 
is a perfect solution. Not expensive at all (in Europe it costs around $100) 
and with easy to use features.

BTW; for twenty years allready I am using the Daiwa NS-660P with three 
different sensors. It still functions as twenty years before and really is 
rock-solid!


73,
Hans Remeeus (PA1HR)
http://www.remeeus.nl
Communication is about people, the rest is technology.


---- Original Message ----
From: "Scott Honaker" <scotthon at pilchuckvet.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:09 AM
Subject: [ICOM] Re: Power Meter

> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: "Hans Remeeus" <hans at remeeus.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Power Meter
>>
>> Great tool; the CN-801H!
>>
>> I too have two of them and compared them with the Bird 43P. About
>> the same readings; +/-5%.
>>
>> The CN-801H's are very accurate for their money. Easy to read-out
>> and nice features. Not expensive at all. Okay; more plastic than the
>> Bird 43P.
>
> I own a CN-801S (900MHz-2.5GHz).  I love the BIG cross needle display.
> After troubleshooting and repairing some antennas during a contest in
> the dark, I jumped back in the car and drove off.  About a block
> later I heard some crashing as by Diawa rolled off the back of the
> car onto the road going about 30MPH.  I picked up my nice meter and
> it made some bad rattling sounds.  I put it in the trunk of the car
> without looking at it.  I really didn't want to know what happened to
> it.  A couple weeks after the contest I pulled it back out and opened
> it up.  After pounding out the metal top a bit, I was able to remount
> the meter in the front and it's been fine.  Most people don't even
> notice the scratches on the top.  I could be they already know the
> story and are too polite to bring it up.
>
> Scott N7SS
>
>
>
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/