[amsat-bb] Re: Pre-amps with SWR meter

Nigel A. Gunn nigel at ngunn.net
Wed Jun 15 21:06:01 PDT 2011


Usually but remember that many SWR meters introduce more loss than they 
are trying to measure so you might be better off removing it.

On 15/06/11 23:22, wolthui3 at msu.edu wrote:
> Installing my new UHF/VHF SSB preamps tonight.  I have FT-847 to send 12VDC to them.  I currently have an SWR meter between the 847 and the preamps.  Can I feed power through the SWR meter safely?  The SWR meter is an SX-1000 by Diamond.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> kb8zgl
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