Reg Edwards wrote:

Cecil, I note you have changed the name from "SWR Meter" to "Forward &
Reverse Power Meter", a procedure I have been recommending for years.
Congratulations!

I think that was probably used to describe the Bird which,
to the best of my knowledge, has no SWR scale on the meter
face.

Now my Autek WM-1 actually has an "SWR meter" on the front
panel in addition to the "watt meter". I don't use a tuner
and it computes the actual SWR on the RG-213 going to my G5RV.
I achieve an SWR very close to 1:1 on the RG-213 on all HF bands
by varying the length of the balanced series section. 36 feet
of ladder-line works for 40m and 17m, my two favorite bands.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp