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Originally Posted by KJ3N
I have been looking at that one. Only has one rating on eham but i know i cant always go with that. Has what i need though. Will consider it. Thanks
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Do you already have a manual tuner? If so, it will tell you the SWR.
No. I have rebuilt my High Sierra motorized antenna and will be using that as my primary until I get time/motivation to put up better more semi-permanent install. These type antenna dont need tuners. Not looking for permanent at this time because we may be moving in the the not too far future.
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So, you don't already own a tuner then?
NO. Basically im on a fresh start. Been out of the hobby for 6-8 years. I do have my 706mkiig which I am not sure works. I have my HS1800DX which sat in the garage for 10 years. Just finished refurbishing it last night. New motor, weather shield. Polished the brass up etc. I need to get 50ft of R/B zipcord to finish wiring the antenna control box. Bought 50ft rg213 foam insulated coax. Soldered the pl259's up last night as well. Tripod for the antenna to set up on the lawn came in today. I need to get some wire for the ground radial system. I dont have any other equipment. Was sick and out of work for 3 months last year and had to dump a lot to pay the bills. Thats pretty much all I have at the moment. Dont even have a junk parts box...
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Ah, ok. Makes sense then.
To tide yourself over, you can get a SWR meter from radioshack, make your adjustments at low power, and then once it's set, bring power up, slowly, taking the meter out of the loop when you're ready to transmit. They're about $30 last I checked.
Last edited by KC2UGV; 10-16-2013 at 11:46 AM.
I have one of the CN-801HPs that I leave in line all the time, and I like it. Seems like Daiwa makes a decent meter. I also have one of the Diamond SX-20 series for quick tests and portability. It does okay, as well, and is a few bucks less, but no PEP, but a much smaller footprint. Although more expensive, I have a couple of Bird watt meters, but only use them or the service monitors for service and certification. When the Diamond or Daiwa are compared to the Bird, they are surprisingly accurate. Certainly good enough for daily use for station monitoring and antenna work.
The only issue I have had with either is the lamp in the Daiwa burned out, and I replaced it with bright blue LED which looks much nicer and will probably last longer than I will.
Last edited by K7SGJ; 10-16-2013 at 10:42 AM.
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