Gotta love that cartoon, Republican all the way. (;->) That having been said just one thing about those Bird meters. They are highly accurate lab grade instruments but there is a down side, you have to refer to the chart to convert forward to reflected power to SWR. That brings to mind a certain FCC Field Engineer (I use the word engineer lightly) who tried to screw an F connector into an SO-239 and was frustrated until I handed him the proper jumper cable. Then he tried to read the output of a CB set with a 100W 450MHz slug until I handed him the proper one... but I digress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KZMg-fvn-s