[Amps] Time for New Power Meter

[Carl]

I dont even consider it that necessary at any ham or 2 way shop test bench, 
Bird is still the standard and there are enough slug ranges available for 
most any need.

OTOH those slugs add up in price if you havent lucked into cleaning out old 
shops, estates, etc so the fancy digital gear can be more economical to 
some.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate at gmail.com>
To: "Richard Solomon" <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
Cc: "AMP Group" <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Time for New Power Meter


> That's one of the situations I had in mind. For general hamming, wattmeter
> accuracy isn't usually important.
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You left out one important item, some folks need more accuracy at the 
>> test
>> bench. Proper alignment of the power chain requires it.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>> On May 3, 2015 10:29 PM, "Mike Waters" <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I can only think of a couple of situations where an accurate wattmeter
>>> matters.
>>>
>>> Some amateurs seem to think that a given increase in their wattmeter
>>> deflection --or a corresponding decrease in their reflected power--
>>> corresponds to an equal S-meter increase on the other end of the QSO.
>>>
>>> It just doesn't work that way.
>>>
>>> 73, Mike
>>> www.w0btu.com
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 7:47 AM, John Simmons 
>>> <jasimmons at pinewooddata.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > ... Why are so many hams obsessed with accurate power measurements? Go
>>> > figure.
>>> >
>>>
>>
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