It also works on the 135 cm (222 MHz.) band, but my known 25 watt IC-37A gave a 35+ watt reading. This is a nice little SWR/power meter that works accurately on the 2 meter and 70 cm bands. List Administrator for: InHam+grid-loc+ham-booksĪsk me how to join the Indiana Ham Mailing list! The once and future K9ZF /R no budget Rover So far I have never had one fail, knock-knock.Īmateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. These guys are actually pretty darn tuff, and if I do break one I will throw it away and buy another. The reason I have bought several is I like to have them in the mobile, and portable setups, where they will likely be submitted to harsh treatment. Let's face it, most of the time it doesn't really matter whether I am doing 45 watts, or 60 watts, as long as I can see I am on high power and producing RF. It will give you a reasonably accurate SWR reading, and a ball park reading as a watt meter. Like the previous reviewer says, don't expect it to be a Bird meter, it's not. I've also purchased several used ones at hamfests over the years, and all have served me well. I bought one of these new back in the early 90's.
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