I had a Ft450, and now have a 718. I find them to both be as good as an external. I would assume the 7300 would be as good.
Rich
The ones in CBs are notoriously inaccurate.
Yes, thank you. I've never seen an internal swr meter be off much. The led bar style can be difficult to read though.I keep hearing this time and time again and to tell you the truth the thing that I have found is that if people keep their fingers the hell out of their radios the meters are perfectly fine for monitoring SWR and are accurate for what they are intended for. If you quibble about it reading a 1.6:1 when it really is a 1.75:1 then you are being too picky. Since 1978 I have owned a lot of CB and HF radios and not one of them had an SWR meter that was so bad I would never depend on it for day to day use. Yes I always have an external meter but that is for convenience as some HF rigs I had had the SWR switch on the back of all places and not all my radios had an SWR meter built in.. Besides that I use combination SWR/RF Power meters.
I wouldn't trust it without verification, but once verified I don't worry.Sounds good to me.
I've never had a poor meter in any of my CB radios but have heard lots of folks warning others not to trust them.
Thanks for busting that myth!
Have a Super Sunday!
The led bar style can be difficult to read though.