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Old April 19th 12, 03:41 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Major Samwells Major Samwells is offline
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Default trying to halve power to RF ammeter

I'm trying to get some accurate power readings with a low power rig (5 W)
and an RF Ammeter. The trouble is that the ammeter doesn't read quite up to
the highest level of the transmitter and I need to reduce the power to the
meter by about half. I'm thinking a 3 dB attenuator, but how am I going to
find the oddball resistances and what about resistor wattage? Is there any
other way to reduce power to the meter? Need something simple, quick-- but
accurate. Thanks.