As he ever thought about making a unit for uhf?  I would find that very
usable.
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From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: talking s w r/watt meter


> Good morning folks.
>
> While I know this subject to have been discussed several times before on
> this list, I would like to make a plug for an instrument that many of us
> will surely find useful.
>
> I am talking, of course, about remy Simard's talking s w r meter & watt
> meter, usable for both hf and vhf bands. Remy is a retired electronics
> technologist, living in Quebec, spending some of his leisure time in
> constructing an instrument that, for the first time, allows us to hear s w
r
> readings spoken continuously as we make adjustments to antennas. Assuming
a
> good fifty ohm load, with the press of a button, the read-out changes to
> power output in watts, accurate, I have found, to about five percent. The
> device consists of four pieces, 1) the electronics and speaker plus
controls
> for the system, 2 & 3) an in-line small metalic box with coax connectors
at
> either end, one for hf, the other for vhf, 4) a small a-c to d-c power
> module. Converting from Canadian to U.S. funds, the entire set, assuming
one
> would want both hf and vhf in-line units, would cost about $180. He makes
10
> of these units at a time. If I raise this issue again here, I do so, not
> just because of the utility of the s w r/watt talking meter but because of
> my impression that Remy may soon tire of building these things. His
design,
> of course, might well be passable to someone else.
>
> If any interest is expressed here, I'll forward a full description of the
> instrument, already appearing once or twice here, I think.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jerry, v e 3 q s o
>
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