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Se7en

Se7en

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is the Palomar PW-5000 better than the Radio shack 21-534?
better = accurate
less cheap feeling
easier to read....
uses 12vdc for lights and (pep) readings?
a buddy of mine has 3 of them i did the lighting on one of them with blue led's, it seems to be more accurate and on the money than the radio shack meter.... just wanted some input?
 

For the money the radio shack is as accurate and just as reliable as the palomar although the meter is smaller and that seems to be people objection toward the rs meter.

I have the rs meter mentioned and it shows nearly the same output as bird 43 and my Cherokee tm-3000.
 
mackmobile43 said:
For the money the radio shack is as accurate and just as reliable as the palomar although the meter is smaller and that seems to be people objection toward the rs meter.

I have the rs meter mentioned and it shows nearly the same output as bird 43 and my Cherokee tm-3000.
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i bought a Palomar pw5000 for two reasons; one it lights up. two its easier to read then the rs meter i have. yes iv had the rs meter side by side with a 43 bird and its accurate enough, though i find it a bit too small for base use.
 
Morse123 said:
i bought a Palomar pw5000 for two reasons; one it lights up. two its easier to read then the rs meter i have. yes iv had the rs meter side by side with a 43 bird and its accurate enough, though i find it a bit too small for base use.
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Well if you're a meter watcher that's fine as for me I set my rig and throw the meter back on the shelf when I done doing that so meters are of no consequence to me and one less impedance bump in my feed line when not in line.
 
Well if you're a meter watcher that's fine as for me I set my rig and throw the meter back on the shelf when I done doing that so meters are of no consequence to me and one less impedance bump in my feed line when not in line.
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That is one thing I like About Texas Star Amps with the built in meter, yes, they read relative power, But, if you get used to where it swings up to when everything is working correct, it will tip you off to something wrong if it suddenly starts reading to low or to high, and As Mack said, one less jumper, something inline.

73
Jeff
 
seems like you own BOTH meters. Why dont you tell US which meter is better?
and by better i mean :
better = accurate
less cheap feeling
easier to read....
 
I have several meters 2 being a Dosy TFC-3001 with the frequency counter and the Dosy TC-4002-PSW antenna switch meter. There Ok for making sure that SWR is good and things are up to snuff. As far as power readings there ok for standard average readings.

As far as the amateur HF bands I would trust one of my 5 Radio Shack / Micronta analog or digital meters there. They are spot on as far as Average PEP readings this is also true for 11 meter readings and there pretty tough meters and hold our well.

I also have a few MFJ including the giant MFJ-858 True Active Peak reading meter and a Daiwa CN-101L 1.8 - 150 MHz meter I have other odds and ends and have had othersn like PDC ETC. For the pice and bang for the buck factor I will always give the small 20, 200, 2000 watt Radio Shack meters a :thumbup:
 
Morse123,
It was an honest question. Up to (or down to, maybe) a certain point, accuracy just isn't very useful. I was wondering if there was some particular reason for it.
I definitely agree that the Radio Shack meter isn't the easiest to read. Unless a meter is a certain 'size' you just can't mark the scales meaningfully, or easy to read. (One reason why I got one of MFJ's huge meters, easy to read.) How accurate is it? Beats me, it's close enough for my purposes though.
- 'Doc
 
AudioShockwav said:
, But, if you get used to where it swings up to when everything is working correct, it will tip you off to something wrong if it suddenly starts reading to low or to high, and As Mack said, one less jumper, something inline.

73
Jeff
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all cb s meters do that too Jeff, get to know where your radio keys up too on a dummy load, a good antenna should show a similar keyout, if that keyout drops or raises substantially (not the normal slight variation from changing channels) you know you got antenna problems. obviously it helps if you haven't got your radio "tweaked" so the needle batters off the end of the scale at keyup.
 

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