Come on down if you want Roy, I'd love to meet you in person too!

But you won't find any FCC violations at my place! No siree!

This will be going into a dummy load bedwarmer!

Thanks for the free plugs, i don't like to toot my own horn, i'd rather
others do it for me. i tried looking your name up too, but nothing nearly as
interesting...boring ham stuff!

Can you folks recommend a Bird model?


Slick

Dr. Slick wrote:
"Can you folks recommend a Bird model?"

Bird Electronic Corporation
30303 Aurora Road
Cleveland (Solon) Ohio 44139
(216) 248 1200
Fax (216) 248 5426
TLX 706898
Cable BIRDELEC

Contact for a catalog and copies of Bird Technical Series (Watts New
From Bird), even if you are not buying from Bird now.

There is a wealth of information available from Bird, SWR slide rule,
various wattmeter instruction books, application notes, and catalogs.
Ask for everything they can send you to help understand their products.
Their list of products is diverse.

The Model 43 has been around for about 50 years. It shares an
instruction book with Models: 4430, 4431, 4521, 4522, 4523, 4525, 4526,
and 4527. But, that is not all the models Bird has made or makes.

When you become thoroughly familiar with Bird`s instructions, you will
necessarily be familiar with how the lines that the Bird is used with
work. The literature Bird provides makes learning about transmission
lines much easier.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Thanks Richard,

Do you use an SO-239 connector to type "N" for the input and output
with a model 43?

Hopefully good connectors won't affect
the SWR.

Someone else also recommended model 43 too. I'll be looking...


Slick

On 20 Sep 2003 05:08:32 GMT, (Radio913) wrote:

Can you folks recommend a Bird model?
Slick

Hi OM,

Why do you pine on for such an expensive piece of equipment when what
you admittedly need is a good load? The best Watt meter in the world
is useless without that load. Many loads come with their own built in
Watt meters, and you can build your own Watt meter for about $5 ($4.95
for the meter movement).

I can anticipate your cry for the need of calibration. A used Bird is
far from a standard in that regard - especially when you could achieve
far greater accuracy with a thermometer and a good load sitting in a
bucket of water.

But, then again, maybe there's redemption in you after all in
emulating the time honored Ham tradition of pushing a credit card
across a display case. Pretty soon the FCC will only offer a handful
of call signs (by region) like K6VISA.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

I can anticipate your cry for the need of calibration. A used Bird is
far from a standard in that regard - especially when you could achieve
far greater accuracy with a thermometer and a good load sitting in a
bucket of water.


I've heard that the Bird Model 43 is very accurate.


But, then again, maybe there's redemption in you after all in
emulating the time honored Ham tradition of pushing a credit card
across a display case. Pretty soon the FCC will only offer a handful
of call signs (by region) like K6VISA.



Well, it's appropriate that you point this out, Richard. In the sense
that the FCC has always sold off the spectrum to the highest bidders:
Clearchannel, Time/Warner, etc.


Slick