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Tuneing an antena? Which HWR meter?
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kc4jgc
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Check out this page: CB Radio SWR Meters
I have no experience with this company but they appear to have quality stuff. Also check the Radio Shack site. Google/Bing search for "SWR meters".
I don't understand why you'd want to do that.. Wilson make high quality antennas.... the only thing you might need to do is to trim the antenna in order to to get it to resonate properly for your vehicle.
Perfect resonance is 1:1 (no power reflected back to the radio). That's what you should go for. Acceptable would be 1.5:1 or less.
I just saw a short video on SWR meters. Used a Workman meter. The man referred to the "F W D" "Reference" settings. Shows this guy doesn't know everything. The settings mean "Forward" and "Reflected". Forward is the power output; reflected is the power returning to the radio (you want as little as possible, as I said before, preferably none).
Hope that helps.
GO to the library!
Look for a book called "Antenna anthology" published by the ARRL.Then take two aspirin and call me in the morning! :twisted:
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Now your a Doctor ? In what trailer park did you say you practice out again ?GO to the library!
Then take two aspirin and call me in the morning! :twisted:
n9zas
Put de lime in de coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up,
An' say, "Doctor, ain't der notin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve dis belly ache?
I say, Doctor, doctor, ain't der notin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, dooooctor, to relieve dis belly ache?"
Put de lime in de coconut, drink them bot togedder,
Put de lime in de coconut, den you feel bedder,
Put de lime in de coconut, drink them bot up,
Put de lime in de coconut, and call me in de mornin'.
Oh boy such answers to such a simple question even if the OP typed HWR instead of SWR, maybe his waves are horizontal instead of standing. In any case you don't need big bux for a fancy schmancy meter when any old cheepo HF meter will do, all you're trying to do is get the least reflected power as practical, the exact numbers are fairly unimportant unless they're in the red zone.
As for a 1:1 ratio, such is impossible without supercooling and that requires a constant flow of liquid nitrogen. Yeah I'm being facetious, there is always some reflected power even if it is too low for the meter to read. Maybe that's why the (incorrect) answer is sometimes "tune for 1:1"?
An' say, "Doctor, ain't der notin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, to relieve dis belly ache?
I say, Doctor, doctor, ain't der notin' I can take,
I say, Doctor, dooooctor, to relieve dis belly ache?"
Put de lime in de coconut, drink them bot togedder,
Put de lime in de coconut, den you feel bedder,
Put de lime in de coconut, drink them bot up,
Put de lime in de coconut, and call me in de mornin'.
Oh boy such answers to such a simple question even if the OP typed HWR instead of SWR, maybe his waves are horizontal instead of standing. In any case you don't need big bux for a fancy schmancy meter when any old cheepo HF meter will do, all you're trying to do is get the least reflected power as practical, the exact numbers are fairly unimportant unless they're in the red zone.
As for a 1:1 ratio, such is impossible without supercooling and that requires a constant flow of liquid nitrogen. Yeah I'm being facetious, there is always some reflected power even if it is too low for the meter to read. Maybe that's why the (incorrect) answer is sometimes "tune for 1:1"?
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