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When running an amp I always payed more attention to what the amp was putting out, the drive the radio was supplying to achieve that output didn't concern me as much (as long as the radio wasn't pushed beyond its limits of course). And even then as long as you're running it with a reasonable amount of headroom a meter that's close enough is usually close enough.

No watt meter for CB or ham use is going to be 100% accurate, as an operator you need to know this and run your stuff in a way that gives you an appropriate margin of error given the capabilities of your monitoring equipment. The extra wattage that you would gain by shrinking that margin with better meters probably won't be heard at the other end.

Of course if you like to run your stuff at the edge knowing exactly what's going on gets much more important, as with many things in this hobby it's all about how you run the equipment you have.

<blockquote data-quote="StrangeBrew" data-source="post: 616978" data-attributes="member: 21357">When running an amp I always payed more attention to what the amp was putting out, the drive the radio was supplying to achieve that output didn&#039;t concern me as much (as long as the radio wasn&#039;t pushed beyond its limits of course). And even then as long as you&#039;re running it with a reasonable amount of headroom a meter that&#039;s close enough is usually close enough.No watt meter for CB or ham use is going to be 100% accurate, as an operator you need to know this and run your stuff in a way that gives you an appropriate margin of error given the capabilities of your monitoring equipment. The extra wattage that you would gain by shrinking that margin with better meters probably won&#039;t be heard at the other end.Of course if you like to run your stuff at the edge knowing exactly what&#039;s going on gets much more important, as with many things in this hobby it&#039;s all about how you run the equipment you have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StrangeBrew, post: 616978, member: 21357"] When running an amp I always payed more attention to what the amp was putting out, the drive the radio was supplying to achieve that output didn't concern me as much (as long as the radio wasn't pushed beyond its limits of course). And even then as long as you're running it with a reasonable amount of headroom a meter that's close enough is usually close enough. No watt meter for CB or ham use is going to be 100% accurate, as an operator you need to know this and run your stuff in a way that gives you an appropriate margin of error given the capabilities of your monitoring equipment. The extra wattage that you would gain by shrinking that margin with better meters probably won't be heard at the other end. Of course if you like to run your stuff at the edge knowing exactly what's going on gets much more important, as with many things in this hobby it's all about how you run the equipment you have. [/QUOTE]

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