SWR AND OR POWER METER

[billycassels]

Any recommends for swr power meter

[Jones]

Bird 43 with number 5E, 25E, and 50E slugs will cover GMRS nicely.   -pricey though.

[axorlov]

Do not buy Surecom SW-33 for GMRS. It's a miles off on these frequencies.

[coryb27]

I use a Telewave 44A Broadband 20-1000 MHz as it requires no collection of slugs and measures power up to 500W.

 

HRO has them for $860 but you can find a lightly used one on ebay for a few 100 bucks, some may have current calibration and if your lucky the case.

 

 

I went down the Bird rout and realized the cost of slugs adds up quick and decided on the Telewave 44 was a better investment.

[JohnE]

another fan of Bird. 43 w/full compliment 25Mc through 1Gc

[RickW]

I use the Yaesu YS-500. I just looked it up and apparently it was discontinued. It was just over $100 a few years ago. I have heard that even if low cost meters are not extremely accurate across their entire range, they are fairly decent when you are close to 1:1 SWR. 

 

Perhaps the MFJ 873 at around $80 might be a low cost unit that would work well enough?

[UHFJim]

I use a Diamond SX-400

[n4gix]

I use a Diamond SX-800 as well as a Workman SX-144/430.

[Elkhunter521]

I have a problem spending more money on a test meter than on the radio/antenna that Im testing. I use a MFJ874. Its not junk but not the best either. I have several meters I bought for CB, but they dont work above 140 Mhz.

[coryb27]

Test equipment can be costly depending how much your using it.