Good evening everyone.

Since several people have written to inquire further about the s w r meter I
wrote about earlier, I am including a portion of an earlier posting to this
list and information about how to contact Remy.

A minor correction to the info below. The voice is not synthesized but
digitized samples of Remy's own voice, hence the French-sounding accent.

Jerry

Subject: talking swr meter

A couple weeks ago someone put up a message concerning a talking swr meter
being
made by Reny Simard in Canada.  I ordered one of these with both the hf and
vhf
modules and wanted to comment on it.  The total cost including shipping was
$185
U.S.

The meter itself has no visual display.  It is a metal box with antenna and
transmitter connections on the ends.  It measures about 2 and 3/4 inches
long, 2
and a quarter inches wide and 1 and 7/8 inches high.  There is also an
eighteen
inch long cable coming from the center of the box.  This cable connects to
the
speech synthesizer.  This is how both the hf and vhf modules look.  The tx
side
239 connecter is slightly flattened on ine side so you can determine which
side
to attach which cable on.  The speech synthesizer box looks a lot like an
old
Echo Crick or Echo PC speech synthesizer.  It is six inches long, about 3
and
3/4 wide and about 1 and 7/8 high.  It has an ac adapter that plugs in  to
the
back along with the thin cable from the meter.  There is also a hole to use
a
screw driver to adjust the volume on the back.  The front sports a power
button
and a small light to indicate when power is on.  The hf module covers 1.8-30
mHz
and the vhf 30-200 mHz.  It can be used with powers of up to 500w but is
suggested to be used in the 50-120w range.  The voice has a definite French
accent but is clear.  Swr is announced to a single decimal place (1.3, 4.6,
2.5,
etc.) up to ten.  At ten or higher the unit simply beeps.  I have found it
to be
accurate and great for me as a total.  Now I can finally do some antenna
experimenting without fear of damaging my rig.

Be aware that a connecting cable is not supplied with the meter.  An
eighteen
inch cable is suggested.  I suspect Reny would make one up on request.

The meter modules are metal and the synthesizer box is plastic.

Reny tells me that he is planning to manufacture a uhf module for the meter.
Once you have the synthesizer box all modules fit that box so buying
additional
modules is all that is required.  The cost breaks out as $99 for the
synthesizer
and $38 for each module with each ordering costing $10 for shipping.

I very highly recommend this unit.  If you turn it on and make changes while
transmitting it will continually provide swr readings without the need for
pressing any buttons.  To shut it up, either stop transmitting or turn it
off.

The voice of the unit is male.

Here is info from Remy on how to contact him.

My telephone is 819-374-5201
E-mail is
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The best time to reach me is betweem 9 and 11h30 the morning fron monday to
friday.
You can also try during the afternoon but I am generally not here during the
evening.