Hello Rob,  Personally, while not essential, I always look at my reflected
power with both my TW-1's and Power Master 2.  I guess that it comes down to
how much it will increase the cost of the device to include reflected power.

Thanks for all of your efforts in bringing speech to so many different
pieces of equipment.

73, Happy New Year to you my friend.

Alan



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


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On Behalf Of Rob
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:53 AM
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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