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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: where to buy swr meter ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.223745.22702@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <HqeeuB3w165w@status.gen.nz>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:37:45 GMT
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- jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
- :
- : >
- : > what is the price range of swr meters ?
- : > where can I buy one that will work decently ? is it something one
- : > can construct from parts from a Radio Shark store ?
-
- Just buy one at Rat Shack. It will be sufficient for your purposes.
-
- : > is there a way to fine tune an antenna without using an swr meter ?
-
- Yes - at least two. You could use a field strength meter or a grid-dip
- meter (although a modern gdm would not have a grid to dip).
-
- : > any tricks from cb experts in the net ?
-
- Yes. Mount the SWR meter AT THE ANTENNA. Mounting it at the tranceiver
- may produce misleading results.
-
- Once the antenna is tuned - you can mount the SWR meter near the
- tranceiver. You will get a relative indication of SWR. It will
- allow you to determine if something goes drastically wrong in
- the future (without having to climb up to the antenna again).
-
- Bill
-