Post by thelegacy on Feb 20, 2019 7:13:20 GMT
The Workman SWR-3P is a meter advertised for CB but has a Rated range of 1 Mhz to 148 Mhz.
Jeff Station8 has compaired this meter with a Byrd and MFJ meter and found that the Workman SWR-3P for its price is a remarkable meter and will work for purposes such as a field strength meter as I've described earlier when having my Broadcast Engineer help me tune up my ASMAX2 Transmitter.
I've found out when I had a Sean Cuthbert, Talking House with a Home Made ATU, and Now the ASMAX2 with a Home Brew ATU temperature effects it.
My engineer friend while I had the Sean Cuthbert in a weatherproof box connected a servo moter to its tuning knob and I had an Amplified and non amplified field strength meter. I was able to use a reference point and tune for the highest reading I could get. This also helps when you make home brew antennas to see its Gain or effect. This was used when trying to construct a reflector to push the signal further.
Its a good idea to use a remote control servo motor that does NOT use the in between channels on the CB band as some will use those frequencies. I usually have to tune my ATU twice a day and may have to have such a remote control for this ATU made for the ASMAX2 as I continue to see temperature effecting my Range. Even the Talking Houses ATU I can already predict will be greatly effected by temperature. You can make a sort of tuning tool and connect it to a servo motor and then try and put that inside the weatherproof box if there is enough room. If not you'll have to put two boxes together so that you can have your remote control for the ATU. Bill Backer should later come up with an ATU that already has a remote control servo motor just like my engineer friend built for me. Again this is a verry important discovery as I do readings Every Day on my Transmitter.
Jeff Station8 has compaired this meter with a Byrd and MFJ meter and found that the Workman SWR-3P for its price is a remarkable meter and will work for purposes such as a field strength meter as I've described earlier when having my Broadcast Engineer help me tune up my ASMAX2 Transmitter.
I've found out when I had a Sean Cuthbert, Talking House with a Home Made ATU, and Now the ASMAX2 with a Home Brew ATU temperature effects it.
My engineer friend while I had the Sean Cuthbert in a weatherproof box connected a servo moter to its tuning knob and I had an Amplified and non amplified field strength meter. I was able to use a reference point and tune for the highest reading I could get. This also helps when you make home brew antennas to see its Gain or effect. This was used when trying to construct a reflector to push the signal further.
Its a good idea to use a remote control servo motor that does NOT use the in between channels on the CB band as some will use those frequencies. I usually have to tune my ATU twice a day and may have to have such a remote control for this ATU made for the ASMAX2 as I continue to see temperature effecting my Range. Even the Talking Houses ATU I can already predict will be greatly effected by temperature. You can make a sort of tuning tool and connect it to a servo motor and then try and put that inside the weatherproof box if there is enough room. If not you'll have to put two boxes together so that you can have your remote control for the ATU. Bill Backer should later come up with an ATU that already has a remote control servo motor just like my engineer friend built for me. Again this is a verry important discovery as I do readings Every Day on my Transmitter.