Topband: Perils of qrp power readings

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Nov 10 15:06:00 EST 2021


Remember that

1) Tolerance of power readings with Bird slugs WHEN CALIBRATED is 5% of 
full scale

2) Accuracy of power readings when line is mismatched varies with 
position on the line

73, Jim K9YC

On 11/10/2021 11:35 AM, W3HKK at roadrunner.com wrote:
> I compared numbers from my Daiwa CN720B to the Bird numbers and got:
> 20w my Po was 3% low.
> 10w my Po was 5% low
>   5w my Po was 28% low.



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