Best SWR/Watt meter for around US$100

[W5BRM]

http://hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-003409

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

[KC2UGV]

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

Do you already have a manual tuner? If so, it will tell you the SWR.

[W5BRM]

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.

[KC2UGV]

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.

So, you don't already own a tuner then?

[W5BRM]

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...

[KC2UGV]

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...

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.

[KJ3N]

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.

No need to take it out of line. Their current offering handles up to 2KW.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2036239

[n2ize]

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.

You can easily build your own swr brige as well. I once needed a swr bridge quick and I picked up the one from RS. It worked quite well and supposedly handles power levels up to at least 1Kw. I just keep it inline between my transmitter and the Dow Key.