I purchased a uniden 520 pro XL from an online dealer. The online dealer also tunes the radio for $xx.xx claiming a 28-32 watt output. I paid for the tuning also. I received the radio with a card in it saying it was keying 5 watts and swinging 25 watts. 3 watts lower than the minimum explained in the description on the website. So I took it to a friend of mine to get the SWR set. Upon setup I asked to check the watts. He said keys up at 5 and swings to 11 watts. ** Problem starts here**. I called the online dealer and they scoffed at my problem and said it was because my friend was using a junk meter. I found this very ignorant. How can a meter be off 15 watts? I feel as if I got my leg pulled. Can a meter be this bad off? He tunes radios pretty often and has never had a problem with the meter. Its a sx 200. My friend literally tuned 3 cobras before mine and had them keying 5 and swinging 25. Is there any truth to the meter being junk? If so, how come its off 15 watts (unfathomable)? Any help would be appreciated! Sorry for the lengthy post.