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Thanks for the insight. I'm now even more confused haha. I'm not sure if what I'm getting is just a fluke or not, but in my testing I'm finding the results between 2ea of 4 different antennas, all are consistently proportional to each other with each connection being the same(ie, radio in right hand and cradling the meter with left; HT on a wooden table, using a mic to key it; remote antenna mount on a car hood; remote mount on wooden table). I'm not sure what is happening, but I think at this point I'll just hang on to it in order to compare antennas for my uses.

Hey all. So I'm coming in green on this, and I'm trying to figure out the SWR of some of my antennas for comparative purposes. Let me start by saying I know that theoretically you can't measure HT SWR with a meter, but I recently purchased an SW-33+ and have checked some of my antennas with it because it provides specific instructions on how to do so. In testing I discovered that it seems to be kind of precise, at least using a 701g and 771g antenna. The 701 returned a ~3.0 and the 771 gave a ~2.0. I'm assuming these results are precise relative to each other, given the 771 is supposed to be the preferred option for HTs. While it would be nice, it's not gonna ruin my day to not know the exact SWR of my antennas. What I want to be able to do is verify which antennas are good/bad should I buy some cheaper ones, and ensure I'm running the better antennas on the HTs that will be further from my group. So in short, is the SW33+ actually capable of measuring SWR for comparative purposes? Or should I just return it?