[VHFcontesting] Bird/CD element question re 432 mhz

[VE3DS]

Donald
The Bird is accurate to 5% of full scale, so if you are running 200 watts on 432 then go 
with an element that will give you best “repeatability” of readings. 400- 1000  like a 250E or 500E if you are running higher powers…

Also note from the Bird manual,  from the  response curves.. a 500C works well up to 1000 MHz, where it rolls off 1dB…so your C could  work ok…
and save you $$

Google the bird manual  its got a lot of good info.
Which PEP board did u get?

73 Dana VE3DS FN03

> On Jun 28, 2015, at 9:52 PM, Donald Fox via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> Gents:
> Trying to decide whether to pick up a D or E series element to go with my 43 for my 432 station. 
> I recently added an aftermarket PEP board, and will have between 150-200 watts out of a TE 4452 amp.
> Since I already have several C series elements that cover 2/220 well, it seems to make sense to consider the E series so I would then be able to measure up to
> 1 ghz and probably 1.2 with some loss of accuracy.
> 
> The second question here is whether to get a 250 or 500 element as the price is the same?
> 
> Thoughts please from those who have been down this road already........
> 
> 
> Don  N8ECH
> 
> 
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