On Apr 19, 3:48*pm, Baron
wrote:
wrote:
I have a need for a power meter for general low band and VHF work. I
would like it to have at least two scales. One, *a 0 - 10 W or so
scale and if possible another which would enable it to measure up to
around 125 W as well. The immediate need to satisfy the requirements
of a job we're doing is for an instrument that can measure 1.0 W at
72.0 MHZ. The signal is AM with a duration of .50 sec. and there is
some type of digital alarm transmission which modulates the carrier.
The only way I think that I can do this now is to measure the RMS
voltage accross a 52 ohm dummy load with my Boonton, and then
calculate the power. I feel though that this is clumsy and may be
potentially inaccurate. I'd love to have a Bird with all the bells and
whistles but I really can't afford one. Does anyone know of a home
brew project for doing this or even an inexpensive accurate kit?
Thanks, Lenny.

If you have a "Boonton" why arn't you using it ?

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Best Regards:
* * * * * * * * * * *Baron.


This is just the thing , analouge vswr bridge head , with conditioning
amps , just need to measure the o/p voltage, with
what ever , job done

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