Hi Curtis,

I don't want to sound knit picky but I think you have the nomenclature wrong
on this one.  It sounds like you are looking for the TW1 LDG talking
wattmeter.  However, you have titled your message with wanting a PW-1 which
is the $5,000 plus, solid state amplifier made by Icom.  Be careful what you
wish for, you might get it.  <GRIN>

Take care and good hunting.  Very 73. 


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Curtis Delzer
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 15:49
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: PW1, wow! wish I had one!

I am trying to catch up with all the messages on this list, and am=20
reading from, would you believe 2008, 3 years ago when a couple of=20
you got the PW1.  I attempted to order one about 4 months ago from=20
that web site, all went through including processing my credit card=20
information, except for one little problem: they had none and=20
shouldn't have even processed the order.  After a week or so I wrote=20
to them and got the reply: "sorry not in stock and don't know when=20
will be if ever."
So, since my choice of radios is narrowing down to either the 2000,=20
or the 590, or maybe the 480, it would benefit this operator to have=20
some sort of SWR indicator.  I have an old MFJ audible SWR bridge,=20
which is actually quite nice, come to think of it, but a talking one,=20
now there's class!
I can be wistful and hope, like a kid looking in at all the toys in=20
the store at Christmas time, I suppose, unless someone can come up=20
with one they wish to  sell, or an estate sale or . . ., who knows.

And, another thing, are antennas: I own this house with it's double=20
lot of 75 by 150 feet, with trees and three buildings, but remember=20
this is North Dakota so the weather and wind are extremes, so if you=20
have ideas for a quite simple installation, please let me know.
A windom, perhaps? or a folded dipole, with dropped ends like an inverted=
 V?
I remember my Elmer, WA6UYD, (became N6YD, a silent key now), use to=20
make multi band antennas using multi-wire shielded cable, cutting=20
each wire to approximate resonance.  An eighty / forty meter antenna=20
should be able to be fashioned out of such, seems to me without too=20
much need for much, except figuring out where it should be fed and=20
with what, and how?




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Currently in Fessenden, North Dakota Clear, 73=B0F Wind:W-280=B0 at 23mph=
=20
gusting to 33mph
REAL procrastination is watching a hungry bear walk up to you while=20
having a picnic, and not running because hey, you've got the rest of your=
 life.

Curtis Delzer
W B 6 H E F