[Amps] Bird Element Calibration?

[R.Measures]

In my opinion, the FCC is more concerned with non-hetero Teletubbies, 
Janet Jackson's mammaries, and catering to the religious-right / 
Neo-con agenda than they are about us Hams.

On Mar 21, 2005, at 9:19 AM, Mark Hill wrote:

> 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.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 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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