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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