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isn't the power rule about input?
sam -- toys: diesel BMW motorcycle, homebuilt electric motorcycle, gold wing trike, honda gyros, dodge diesel dualie, fiat osca 1500 cabriolet, W3CYO/R, 145.49, 224.40, 443.300 mhz. repeaters. "Art Unwin KB9MZ" wrote in message m... "William E. Sabin" sabinw@mwci-news wrote in message ... artie wrote: The Bird is a wonderful, stable design that's simple and well understood. You can get fancier (from Bird, among others), you can get more accurate (my old HP), but it's hard to get simpler. I use a homebrew directional coupler (see QEX for March 1995) for everyday use, and a brand new, well preserved (in a closet) Bird 43 as a reference instrument. At full scale it is specifed as accurate within +/- 0.5 db, which is plenty good enough for me. Bill W0IYH Why would a ham operator have a need for such accuracy ? Isn't consistency enough ? For ensurance of not exceeding the power output for those who want to equal the max then a scope would be the way to go. For those that build then there is a need for accuracy and bragging rights are fully earned. Seems like this falls into the same catagory of 'I have six elements where you have only five' Art |
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