Hi Bob.

My first thought is to get together with someone who owns a Bird 43 with 
VHF slugs, and then you'll know which meter is right or if all of them are 
off by 5% as you suspect.  My experience has been that most meters in the 
$150 and down class aren't that absolutely accurate, but they are useful 
for letting you know when something changes.  If you take some baseline 
measurements, and then one day you notice that the power output is lower, 
that should cause you to ask why.

That's my take on meters--I can't get any two to agree exactly in my shack 
either.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 06:31 PM 9/29/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Well it is here and tested.  I got it to do everything the manual and
>members from this list said it would.  Thanks for that assistance.
>
>The only concern I have is that it is reading about 10% different in forward
>power level than the meter in my 746PRO and my DIAMOND SX-400.  It's sort of
>like having 3 watches and not knowing which is showing the correct time.
>They all specify plus or minus 5 percent so if one is high in its readings
>and the other low, that would account for the ten percent.  I wish they
>agreed more closely.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>73
>Bob Martin
>KC3FI
>EchoLink Node - 55127
>Please visit http://www.wan-leatonks.net.
>
>
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