What do you fellow CB'ers think would be a good entry level SWR/watt meter? MJF 870 or the SX100? Both have about the same amount of negative reviews.Just wondering if any had experience with these.Thanks,Bounty Hunter
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Good entry level
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For just a little more and the daiwa cn-901hp can be had. It's a great meter.
Greg T
WDX-945 (Jazz Singer) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
I second the Daiwa 901. It's what I use and it's stout.
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
The Autek wm1 automatically calculates SWR and will show you what the SWR is while you are modulating. Sadly they went out of business, but they pop up on eBay from time to time. I have three of them.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
This one is great, it is what I use daily.
I am a big fan of the mfj 870, and the one just like it sold under another brand.
I don't like my Diawa 901, I'm either to stupid to use it or it doesn't work right? But I do like my old school PDC 700 Power Scanner, I have no problems using it. Don't think they make them anymore.
Greg T
WDX-945 (Jazz Singer) Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The 901 is very simple. The watt meter is self explanatory. Pick the scale needed. The SWR can only be used in Average mode and AM or FM. You read the line where the two needles intersect.
I've looked at that manual 6 way to Sunday, and all I could ever get to move was one of the needles. I've even watched some videos and can see both needles move and intersect giving an SWR reading. But when I try, only one of the needles move no matter what ive tried. It's pretty much just collects dust. I used my old Rat Shack SWR meter until I bought the PDC Power Scanner.
There are only two possibilities if only one needle is moving...
1. Your SWR is perfect, in which case only the forward scale needle moves as there is no reflected power to measure.
2. Your meter is broken.
As Greg said above, it really is very simple to use.
I'm kinda leaning towards broken. With the Power Scanner and the old Rat Shack meter my SWR reading isn't flat but they aren't far from it. I guess I should hook it up to a completely different radio set up and see if there's a difference.