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I really don’t feel like cost is the issue here, probably more of supply and demand. Folks are not asking for it. I think a built in swr monitor on any radio would be a good idea. The problem is this though, if you have anything between your rig and antenna, such as a diplexer, amplifier or whatever, the built in swr meter is going to read that instead of the antenna. Which is not a bad idea either. When testing and repairing amplifiers I always have a swr bridge between the two to monitor input into the amplifier.

[QUOTE="Radio Tech, post: 427020, member: 7873"] I really don’t feel like cost is the issue here, probably more of supply and demand. Folks are not asking for it. I think a built in swr monitor on any radio would be a good idea. The problem is this though, if you have anything between your rig and antenna, such as a diplexer, amplifier or whatever, the built in swr meter is going to read that instead of the antenna. Which is not a bad idea either. When testing and repairing amplifiers I always have a swr bridge between the two to monitor input into the amplifier. [/QUOTE]

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