[South Florida DX Association] Looking for Bird or other quality wattmeter capable of reading kilowatt on 2 meters

[Bill Dzurilla]

Hello again, thanks to all who responded to my post yesterday about the 24v power supply, someone was kind enough to loan me one.

My 2 meter EME station is going to be the end of me someday.  Today a second problem.  The power output reading on my Daiwa wattmeter starts dropping after several long transmissions, but the plate and grid current readings on the amp remain unchanged.  I'm told the output is probably fine and the wattmeter itself is probably overheating and giving false readings.  Need to check with another, better quality meter.

Anyone have a Bird or other meter I could try?  Must be able to read a kilowatt at 144mhz.

73, Bill NZ5N  



--- On Sun, 4/25/10, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Looking for 24v power supply
> To: "aSFDXA" <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>, "Bill" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
> Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010, 3:06 PM
> Does anyone have a 24v power supply,
> 2 amps or more, that I could borrow (and possibly buy if it
> solves my problem).  I'm having trouble with a 24v
> relay on my EME antenna and not sure if the issue is the
> power supply or the relay itself.
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> Bill NZ5N
> 
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