What is your thought on this power/swr meter

[Tripple Nickel]

 

[Robb]

Link?

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

All I see is a display. Where is the rest of it?

 

[Mudduckmobile]

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So where is the rest of it?

 

[LeapFrog]

I think a guy on ePay was selling these units or at least the parts to build one.

It looks like a TelePost LP-100A, at least the start of a clone, probably uses atmel/arduino instead of a pic micro though..
The display is a Hitachi/clone variant very common and cheap I have a few of those 16x2 lcd boards waiting for me to finish various projects.

Link in the rest of it, we want to see !
All the best.
-Sam

 

[Tripple Nickel]

My bad!!!!!!! I just wanted advise in this style over the normal meter type. I just saw this display on ebay for reference only. I also noticed it was just a panel, duhhhhhh.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

My bad!!!!!!! I just wanted advise in this style over the normal meter type. I just saw this display on ebay for reference only. I also noticed it was just a panel, duhhhhhh.

I thought you meant what we thought of the entire meter and was looking for the pick up etc. As for the style, yeah it works for me but I still like analog meters. If I was building an amp or such it would be great to add.

 

[w9cll]

I tried a digital meter in the car for tuning the screwdriver but found its response was to slow, went back to an analog one.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I tried a digital meter in the car for tuning the screwdriver but found its response was to slow, went back to an analog one.

Analog meters are far better at showing trends such as the dip i SWR than digital meters are. Both have their place.

 

[loosecannon]

i have to agree with the rest of my analogue retentive peers.

Digital meters have their place, and to me, that place is when i need an exact number to the right of a decimal point.

other than that, analog meters tell so many more stories than a digital meter can.
LC

 

[BBB]

Anyone run the Alpha brand meters? Looks like a nice hybrid style. I could buy a few Birds for the cost of the thing. As I age, I prefer the larger analog watt meters, haha.

http://www.rkrdesignsllc.com/-9/

I'm somewhat surprised that no one has come out with a digital/ analog meter display like they have on the newest flagship HF rigs. A 7" or 8" tablet sized color display would be good.

 

[Tallman]

i have to agree with the rest of my analogue retentive peers.

Digital meters have their place, and to me, that place is when i need an exact number to the right of a decimal point.

other than that, analog meters tell so many more stories than a digital meter can.
LC

It's hard to see a scratchy pot with a digital meter. I have seen digital meters that had a bar graph over the the digits and that worked well for peaking and dipping.