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8 watts avg or pep? 8 pep isn't too far off for a bone stock radio. 4 watt carrier @ 100%mod would be 16 pep. The old rat shack meter I've had for 10 years is close to a bird on avg...not sure about pep. There might be an adjustment in there if you want to see some big numbers. How much higher pep is than average depends on a lot of variables. Perfect textbook sine wave will show no swing on avg and at 100% mod the pep will be 4 times average power. Once the waveform is anything but a sine wave all bets are off.

I use an Ameritron AWM-35 on the base. It has a remove head and the meter is connected with cat 5 cable. I really like being able to easily move it from the radio room to the work bench in the garage.

I've used a palstar 2000am in the mobile for years and it's held up very well. It also has a remote head but uses a 3 pin mic plug and a power plug vs the more convenient and easy to find cat 5 cable.

Burd makes fine instruments but I don't need that kind of quality. I really don't see the point unless you are running serious power and need a serious meter.

<blockquote data-quote="543_Dallas" data-source="post: 486659" data-attributes="member: 21044">8 watts avg or pep? 8 pep isn&#039;t too far off for a bone stock radio. 4 watt carrier @ 100%mod would be 16 pep. The old rat shack meter I&#039;ve had for 10 years is close to a bird on avg...not sure about pep. There might be an adjustment in there if you want to see some big numbers. How much higher pep is than average depends on a lot of variables. Perfect textbook sine wave will show no swing on avg and at 100% mod the pep will be 4 times average power. Once the waveform is anything but a sine wave all bets are off.&nbsp; I use an Ameritron AWM-35 on the base. It has a remove head and the meter is connected with cat 5 cable. I really like being able to easily move it from the radio room to the work bench in the garage. I&#039;ve used a palstar 2000am in the mobile for years and it&#039;s held up very well. It also has a remote head but uses a 3 pin mic plug and a power plug vs the more convenient and easy to find cat 5 cable. Burd makes fine instruments but I don&#039;t need that kind of quality. I really don&#039;t see the point unless you are running serious power and need a serious meter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="543_Dallas, post: 486659, member: 21044"] 8 watts avg or pep? 8 pep isn't too far off for a bone stock radio. 4 watt carrier @ 100%mod would be 16 pep. The old rat shack meter I've had for 10 years is close to a bird on avg...not sure about pep. There might be an adjustment in there if you want to see some big numbers. How much higher pep is than average depends on a lot of variables. Perfect textbook sine wave will show no swing on avg and at 100% mod the pep will be 4 times average power. Once the waveform is anything but a sine wave all bets are off. I use an Ameritron AWM-35 on the base. It has a remove head and the meter is connected with cat 5 cable. I really like being able to easily move it from the radio room to the work bench in the garage. I've used a palstar 2000am in the mobile for years and it's held up very well. It also has a remote head but uses a 3 pin mic plug and a power plug vs the more convenient and easy to find cat 5 cable. Burd makes fine instruments but I don't need that kind of quality. I really don't see the point unless you are running serious power and need a serious meter. [/QUOTE]

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