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Back to the W7ZOI/W7PUA Power Meter
The last time I used it I remember thinking that a digital readout would be nice. But I didn't feel like going back into the world of Arduinos and LCD screens. So I came up with a real Kludge solution: I had cheap little DVM that I wasn't using, so I just velcroed it to the side of the power meter. That little connector above the BNC is the output for a DVM. I might work on calibration later today.
Wes has some very interesting info follow-up info on the meter on his site: http://w7zoi.net/qststuff.html
I really like the part about how the meter is so sensitive that you can see the thermal noise in the input circuit and can actually measure the strength of signals from your antenna.
I think I might need a low pass filter at the input of the meter. There are strong FM broadcast transmitters in this area (some of you may have listened to them in the background of early episode of the SolderSmoke podcast!). I notice that just bringing my fingers close to the input causes the meter and the DVM readout to swing up. That's not good.
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