Richard Harrison wrote:
Ian, G3SEK wrote:
"Therefore the Bird does not directly sense RF power."

Problem with that statement is that to the uninitiated it makes the
indication suspect. A voltmeter doesn`t measure volts directly. The
ordinary voltmeter measures current scaled by a multiplier resistor.
Wish you and Walt would knock off the nonsense.

I wish you would credit "the uninitiated" (as you disdainfully call
them) with the intelligence to understand things when they're explained
to them.

A Bird senses all it has to sense and legitimately converts it to a
reasonable indication of watts. The Bird can do so thanks to Ohm`s law,
and that`s that.

No, that's just a half-truth. "The uninitiated" deserve better.

--
73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek