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Rob, I much appreciate your willingness to take on such a project
and agree with your idea of using an existing meter rather then
starting from scratch. Am curious if you can give us a
approximate price point at this time, with, or without the
reflected power mode. I think either way sounds fine because it
would be great just to have anything that will work to solve
these issues. Also, what bands would it be for, HF, or would it
also cover VH and UHF? 73, Jim WA6EKS
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From: Rob <[log in to unmask]
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Date sent: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 00:53:28 -0800
Subject: Talking SWR/Watt Meter Question
Hi Guys
As some of you know, I build the HamPod which is fundamentally
a box
with a 16 button keypad and provides an accessible speech
interface to
various pieces of radio gear. One project that has been
continuously
pushed aside by requests for additional HamPod support has been
to build
a talking SWR/Watt meter. The HamPod currently has support for
the
Elecraft W2 and the Array Solutions Power Master 2 meters but
those are
primarily options for those who already own one of those meters
or a
HamPod. For this new meter, I want to build a stand alone device
much
like the out of production LDG TW-1 but with better accuracy and
using
separate couplers. I will also provide an audio tome tuning
function.
There are a couple optional paths to pursue here. The first is
to
design and build a meter from scratch which will require the most
time.
Second is to leverage a meter already in production that I can
make
accessible. This is my preferred choice as it will be much
quicker to
develop but of course will in crease the cost to some extent.
I've started exploring development with an existing meter and
have a
question I'd like to pose to the group for your feedback. I'd
like to
know if you require the need to know reflected power. As it is
now with
this current meter, I can provide peak forward power, average
forward
power, and SWR. You can determine reflected power given forward
power
and SWR but the question is, just how important is it for you to
be able
to directly read reflected power? Do you currently make use of
this
reading with your current meter? I would like to know the
consensus
before I invest more time into that aspect at this point.
Thanks,
Rob K6DQ
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