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    I dont believe i flamed anything, but thanks for the concern. You were busy making yourself look foolish by claiming Bird meters are not so great and they are just as good as Dosey meters. Just wanted to help a brotha out you know.

    Glad we can put this thing to bed now. Have a blessed day!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gordon Gekko View Post
    I dont believe i flamed anything, but thanks for the concern. You were busy making yourself look foolish by claiming Bird meters are not so great and they are just as good as Dosey meters. Just wanted to help a brotha out you know.

    Glad we can put this thing to bed now. Have a blessed day!
    no.... on the contrary. i was only stating that a BIRD 43 is designed to read RMS values , with accuracy.
    modifying it to read peak wattage
    makes no more reliable than a dosey!

    if your gonna spend $$$$ for a meter cool
    if your using a high $$$$ meter to read pep thats been modded to do so -
    and a lesser $ meter would give similar results
    wouldnt it be the wiser to use the bird for the way it was intended and use the dosy for the happy feeling ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.5150cbrn View Post
    no.... on the contrary. i was only stating that a BIRD 43 is designed to read RMS values , with accuracy.
    modifying it to read peak wattage
    makes no more reliable than a dosey!

    if your gonna spend $$$$ for a meter cool
    if your using a high $$$$ meter to read pep thats been modded to do so -
    and a lesser $ meter would give similar results
    wouldnt it be the wiser to use the bird for the way it was intended and use the dosy for the happy feeling ?
    I agree with you about the Bird being intended for RMS values. However I do not think it's perfectly fair to say that the 43 with a calibrated PEP kit is grossly inaccurate. I get the point that you are saying 'why spend $175 for a pep kit when it's roughly as accurate as a Dosey'.

    First off, if you want to measue Big Power PEP, will a Dosey take the heat of a 3CX 10,000? Just ask Terry about that LOL. The Bird can of course with the appropriate slug.

    Now if you use the Bird 43 for RMS and you want to also measure peak, you'll have to spend another $100 on a Dosey. Now you need to have 2 meters sitting on the bench. It's easier to have one unit and just flip a switch.

    Well at least we found some common ground on the issue.

    Now let's talk antennas hahahaha

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    the military . goverment , RF industry may use bird meters , but they don't over drive their equipment to 3 and 4 times what it's able to cleanly produce , putting tons of harmonics in the signal expecting their meter to still read accurately .
    so why pay big bucks for a meter just to feed it signals that won't let it do it's job properly ?

    http://www.hamradiomarket.com/articles/Wattmeters.htm

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    hmmmmm , i'll stick with what i've got and call it a day
    no birds here , unless they have feathers
    the dosy gives me an idea , of whats going on - forward signal.
    the scope clues me in to what modulation peaks are, and relation to dk
    and once again - forward signal
    though some day yes a bird - just for rms

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    Quote Originally Posted by BOOTY MONSTER View Post
    so why pay big bucks for a meter just to feed it signals that won't let it do it's job properly ?
    Because egay weens loooooove so see big gay watts. AND...they pay top dollar as well to see them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gordon Gekko View Post
    Because egay weens loooooove so see big gay watts. AND...they pay top dollar as well to see them
    yes that is very true

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.5150cbrn View Post
    yes that is very true
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