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SWR; SWR meter
Topic Started: Monday, 14. November 2016, 15:46 (479 Views)
Graham Brownlow
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How accurate is the built in SWR meter on the President Grant there is quite a difference between my SWR meter and the built in one i thought my meter was fairly accurate
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Rotel RVC 240
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Forget the built in meters use a good quality external one for a more accurate reading.
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100% agree in what Paul (Rotel) said, the built in SWR meter in most radios (apart from expensive Amateur Radios) ones in CB's are about as good as a chocolate teapot

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Monday, 14. November 2016, 15:53
Forget the built in meters use a good quality external one for a more accurate reading.
Thanks for your help
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Monday, 14. November 2016, 16:16
100% agree in what Paul (Rotel) said, the built in SWR meter in most radios (apart from expensive Amateur Radios) ones in CB's are about as good as a chocolate teapot
Thanks Martin
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Also Graham try to buy a SWR meter that can handle some input power at least 100 watts, because you might want to use a amp one day and some of the small cheap meters can only take up to about 25 watts if that .

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Monday, 14. November 2016, 20:27
Also Graham try to buy a SWR meter that can handle some input power at least 100 watts, because you might want to use a amp one day and some of the small cheap meters can only take up to about 25 watts if that .
I use one of these (see link below)......there are 2 versions, one for HF and one for VHF / UHF. The HF version is rated at 200 watts input and as far as I can tell it is very accurate. It is battery powered so you can use it anywhere.

I have a President Grant 2 and a CRE 8900. The built-in SWR meter on the Grant 2 is rubbish (IMHO) and always gives a high reading whatever adjustments I make to the antenna but the CRE 8900 meter agrees almost exactly with my external meter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFyyyx2cj1U
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pagan
Tuesday, 15. November 2016, 03:29
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Monday, 14. November 2016, 20:27
Also Graham try to buy a SWR meter that can handle some input power at least 100 watts, because you might want to use a amp one day and some of the small cheap meters can only take up to about 25 watts if that .
I use one of these (see link below)......there are 2 versions, one for HF and one for VHF / UHF. The HF version is rated at 200 watts input and as far as I can tell it is very accurate. It is battery powered so you can use it anywhere.

I have a President Grant 2 and a CRE 8900. The built-in SWR meter on the Grant 2 is rubbish (IMHO) and always gives a high reading whatever adjustments I make to the antenna but the CRE 8900 meter agrees almost exactly with my external meter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFyyyx2cj1U
Thanks Phil
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