i would be one of those takers.
dan
At 11:00 AM 8/8/04, Jerry Neufeld wrote:
>I don't know. I'll ask him, although I wonder how many takers there would
>be.
>
>Jerry
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob -- KA5ETA" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 1:18 PM
>Subject: Re: talking s w r/watt meter
>
>
> > As he ever thought about making a unit for uhf?  I would find that very
> > usable.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > 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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