accuracy of HM-2140 watt meter

[Bob Peters]

I just purchased one of these on Saturday at the Denton Texas
Hamfest...$30.00
checked the tracking with  a Bird 43 and was very surprised as to how
accurate it
is compared to my Vecronics SWR meter...So far very pleased
..Only  wish  that the meters
and lamps  in them...Best 73's   Bob W1PE


At 01:02 PM 9/21/03 -0400, Floyd Sense wrote:
>As a matter of fact, I have, and I use the HM-2140 as my primary station
>wattmeter.  I calibrated the HM-2140 using the Bird 43, so no surprise that
>it would agree.  What's unique is that the HM-2140 tracks accurately with
>the Bird over the 160 to 10 meter range.  The peak reading function also
>tracks very well with the Bird that has the factory peak reading feature.  I
>checked the calibration at the 1500 W output level as well as the 100 watt
>output level.  My other wattmeters are lucky to be within 20% of the Bird
>across the bands.
>
>K8AC
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "joe" <w0tut at COMCAST.NET>
>To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
>Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 9:38 PM
>Subject: Re: accuracy of HM-2140 watt meter
>
>
> > Say has anyone out there ever checked the Heathkit HM-2140 wattmeter
>against
> > a Bird.
> > A marine service technician in San Francisco( quite a number of years
>ago),
> > said he checked the HM-2140
> > and it compared quite close to the Bird. Any comments!!
> >
> > 73 de Joe w0tut
> >
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Best 73's  Bob W1PE
Mesquite, TX 75149

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