Gary,
Indeed so! When replying to the FCC, I believe the text goes something
like: "I dare not run QRP because I only have a 10k element for my Bird
and if I don't get the pointer to top-scale, I cannot measure my power
accurately!"
Regards.
Mark.
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At 16:41 21/03/2005, Gary Schafer wrote:
>Guys, keep in mind that 5% accuracy spec is of FULL scale. That means that
>a 2500 watt slug has +- 125 watt accuracy at ANY part of the scale.
>If you read 1000 watts on the meter with the 2500 watt slug the actual
>power could be from 875 to 1125 watts and still be in spec! That's 12%.
>
>At 250 watts on that same slug the error is +- 50%.
>
>The lower you get on the scale the worse the accuracy will become.
>
>73
>Gary K4FMX
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