Hello,
I am rather new to the raido thing and i am looking for some advice on metering equipment. I have a magnum 257HP at the moment, a Roadpro Power/SWR meter, and a classic 102" Stainless 1/4wave whip.
I originally bought the roadpro just to tune SWR (for my old midland 1001z cb), but as my hobby interest increases, im finding it very handy to have a meter hooked up at all times.
So here are my questions:
Does anyone have any suggestions about permenent meters for mobile applications? which ones are good ones to have? I was looking at the Dosy TC 3001P.
Does anyone know if this meter i have reads PEP or AVG power? IM trying to determine if its broken, my radio is broken, or if i just dont understand what im looking at on the meter.
Does anyone know what the roadpro meter should show when keying up in SSB? I have studied AM transmission pretty good, dead key and swing make perfect sense to me. But does my radios SSB supress the carrier? My meter doesnt read anything w/ SSB DK, and only wiggles slightly when talking into it.
What should my watt meter look like for DK and swing on SSB?
(This thought is probably deserving of a different thread, but illustrates my curiosity and want for a better meter and more information)
My radio doesnt seem to be broken, i made DX contacts on SSB 27.385Mhz last night, Kansas, Colorado, Canada, Idaho, Southern Cali, Bay area, ohio, etc. (several guys from this forum on there last night and helped me find the site here) But then later that evening nothing, not sure if a screwed up my radio or if conditions turned for the worse and only the 4/6/8 element beam antenna guys were dx'in on the air waves left zapping the country too and fro. I couldnt even get a response from some local guys as the evening progressed.
Thanks,
o8k
Current handle: (MT660 PHX)
I am rather new to the raido thing and i am looking for some advice on metering equipment. I have a magnum 257HP at the moment, a Roadpro Power/SWR meter, and a classic 102" Stainless 1/4wave whip.
I originally bought the roadpro just to tune SWR (for my old midland 1001z cb), but as my hobby interest increases, im finding it very handy to have a meter hooked up at all times.
So here are my questions:
Does anyone have any suggestions about permenent meters for mobile applications? which ones are good ones to have? I was looking at the Dosy TC 3001P.
Does anyone know if this meter i have reads PEP or AVG power? IM trying to determine if its broken, my radio is broken, or if i just dont understand what im looking at on the meter.
Does anyone know what the roadpro meter should show when keying up in SSB? I have studied AM transmission pretty good, dead key and swing make perfect sense to me. But does my radios SSB supress the carrier? My meter doesnt read anything w/ SSB DK, and only wiggles slightly when talking into it.
What should my watt meter look like for DK and swing on SSB?
(This thought is probably deserving of a different thread, but illustrates my curiosity and want for a better meter and more information)
My radio doesnt seem to be broken, i made DX contacts on SSB 27.385Mhz last night, Kansas, Colorado, Canada, Idaho, Southern Cali, Bay area, ohio, etc. (several guys from this forum on there last night and helped me find the site here) But then later that evening nothing, not sure if a screwed up my radio or if conditions turned for the worse and only the 4/6/8 element beam antenna guys were dx'in on the air waves left zapping the country too and fro. I couldnt even get a response from some local guys as the evening progressed.
Thanks,
o8k
Current handle: (MT660 PHX)