The 9v in my Birds last months. I do find the Energizer Ultimate Lithium last lots longer than any others.
I asked that question awhile ago and the answers i got is no. Apparently the bird pep kit does some weird positive negative thing with the two batteries so one wall wart wont work. You would have to use two wall warts, one for each battery.Those 9 V batteries in my two Bird Wattmeters go down fast. Isn't there a kit to convert the 9 V to use a transformer
What were you thinking? You spent money on that crap and have not fixed the sink yet? Sorry buddy, I couldn't resist......Screw it, I bought 2 new bird slugs too. My rational is its worthless without them, and im single so no one to bitch at me.
A Dosy just swings all over the place & changes hourly & daily. A properly calibrated wattmeter with the PEP Function is far beyond what a Dosy can or will ever be. They don't have a Peak Reading Circuit so it can't read Peak Output Power. Just because a wattmeter has a Peak Reading switch does not make it actually read Peak Power. I don't know of any amplifier company that sells their amplifiers based upon Average output power.So looking at those specs it looks like you are basically turning your Bird into a Dosy . AVG is where its at.
I totally understand that. We are talking CB and HAM radio. Everything is pretty relative. Unless you spend big money on calibrated lab equipment we are talking 5% 10% and sometimes 20% accuracy. For some reason some radio operators love Swing. I have had amps that swing backwards on avg yet swing way forward on PEP reading. The person on the other end always reports back with backwards swing. If you are getting say 300 watts out on avg and the person you are talking to is getting say s7 from you when you switch that meter to PEP and start reading say 600 or 700 watts PEP that person on the other end is still getting you at s7. It's not a perfect world and radio is even less.A Dosy just swings all over the place & changes hourly & daily. A properly calibrated wattmeter with the PEP Function is far beyond what a Dosy can or will ever be. They don't have a Peak Reading Circuit so it can't read Peak Output Power. Just because a wattmeter has a Peak Reading switch does not make it actually read Peak Power. I don't know of any amplifier company that sells their amplifiers based upon Average output power.
Every piece of gear I own was sold using PEAK Reading numbers so I ONLY use PEAK/PEP reading meters on SSB. I have never had an issue with any of my gear swinging Backwards other than a POS over tuned CB in the 70's maybe. I only use Amateur Radio Gear now other than my GMRS Radios & they don't swing since they are just FM radios. I will never use the Average setting on any of my wattmeters but it's OK if that's what you do with yours. It's Freedom of Choice so enjoy it while we still have at least a little bit of it.I totally understand that. We are talking CB and HAM radio. Everything is pretty relative. Unless you spend big money on calibrated lab equipment we are talking 5% 10% and sometimes 20% accuracy. For some reason some radio operators love Swing. I have had amps that swing backwards on avg yet swing way forward on PEP reading. The person on the other end always reports back with backwards swing. If you are getting say 300 watts out on avg and the person you are talking to is getting say s7 from you when you switch that meter to PEP and start reading say 600 or 700 watts PEP that person on the other end is still getting you at s7. It's not a perfect world and radio is even less.