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Re: [Amps] Radio Shack Digital SWR/Power Meter

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Radio Shack Digital SWR/Power Meter
From: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc@citlink.net>
Reply-to: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@pclink.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:15:18 -0500
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After posting my reply, I saw the part number for the User and Service Manuals 
in the parts list:

11276755  MANUAL,SERVICE 21-527      MS2100527  
11277670  MANUAL,USERS 21-527        MU2100527  

Maybe this will help you track down what you are looking for.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Chudek - K0RC 
  To: amps@contesting.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:11 AM
  Subject: [Amps] Radio Shack Digital SWR/Power Meter


  Too bad Radio Shack "modernized" their product support site. Now you have to 
second guess where product documentation might be filed instead of putting a 
Model Number into a search query. But here's the link to the meter, although it 
shows no manual available like the RS rep said.

  
http://support.radioshack.com/productinfo/DocumentResults.asp?sku_id=21-527&Name=CB%20Accessories&Reuse=N

  In the "Care and Maintenance" link, it refers to calibration which is covered 
in the Service Manual (which can be purchased through your local Radio Shack 
dealer). Yeah, right! In any case, you should be looking for the Service Manual 
which has the information you are looking for.

  They got one thing right, the illustration shows the sensor being mounted on 
the antenna mast with a short coax jumper to the antenna under test. A three 
conductor cable carries the information down to the display unit at your 
operating position. It looks like a well-thought-out metering system. Whether 
it's accurate or not is a different story!

  Without the calibration instructions, you could test the accuracy by placing 
different value resistors on the antenna terminal and checking the VSWR values 
that are displayed. You might find it doesn't need calibration.

  73 de Bob - KØRC in MN



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  Message: 1
  Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:54:23 -0400
  From: "Bruce Lanning" <belanning@verizon.net>
  Subject: [Amps] Radio Shack Digital SWR/Power Meter
  To: <amps@contesting.com>
  Message-ID: <002e01c7effe$f103fad0$2f01a8c0@BRUCE>
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  Does anyone happen to have the calibration instructions or better yet a 
manual for the Radio Shack 21-527 Digital SWR/Power Meter. Radio Shack tells me 
that it is no longer available. 

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