On 15 May 2001, at 21:32, Bob & Linda McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>
> With the Autek meter indication of 50 watts what does the OMNI FWD meter
> indicate? Power meters are notorious for being wrong.
>
> My pair of 3-500Z's drives very nicely to 1400 watts out with 105 watts
> of drive from the Omni VI+ on 20M. Other bands are not quite as
> efficient. Power is measured with a Bird 43 and a 2500H slug feeding a
> Bird dummy load.
>
> 73
> Bob K4TAX
>
> ditzian@alltel.net wrote:
>
Omni reads above 50 watts, Autek reads 55 watts, all on 14.095.
into a dummy load iwth 1/2:1 SWR on the Autek, no SWR reading
on the Omni. The Omni lamp illuminating the meter dims at the
same time when I push the tune button.
You response about your pair of 3-500Z's fits quite nicely with what
I said. If he wants to see 1400 or 1500 watts out from a pair of 3-
500Z's, he will need 100 or more watts from the Omni. I already
said that the dB argument was correct, I only meant that there is
psychology involved here as well.
73,
Jan, KX2A
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