hello richard, i don't understand an s meter on a wattmeter???  s 
meters belong on a rcvr, not on a wattmeter.  maybe i don't 
understand what is ment when you say s meter??  please get back and 
clarify this point.  thanks, c u 73 mike



At 01:49 PM 11/7/2011, you wrote:
>Hi;
>This is a rather interesting topic in that the tw1 and 2 are history.  I
>think one first needs to decide if someone is making something for sale
>to the general public or primarily blind operators.  Secondly, the more
>features you add the higher the price.  Wonder what folks are willing to
>spend?
>Personally I think you need to include a visual meter or perhaps find a
>existing meter that does what is wanted and investigate adding speech
>and a tone.  I would like a remote sensor.  That the fact that the coax
>has to come to the tw1 is annoying and sometimes inconvenient.  The
>previous cw meter had a sensor that could be put in line and the sensor
>connected to the "meter"  with a nice thin easy to handle cable.
>I think that most people who use hf at least occasionally use 2 meters
>so something that had a sensor for both 2 meters, 440 maybe 220, as well
>as hf would be nice.  I also agree that staying with 13.00 volts dc
>would be good.  Hadn't thought about batteries but that could be a novel
>affordable option.
>As for other things such as a frequency counter s meter etc. those
>things tend to drive up the price and although interesting I could
>sacrifice them in the interest of cost.  An antenna analyzer would also
>be a great thing but it may make the box unaffordable.  Does one save
>money by modifying an existing meter as opposed to starting from ground
>zero?
>
>--
>richard