bird watts verses dosey watts

[Gordon Gekko]

so what your saying is............
spend BIG $$$$$$$ on a Bird 43 , spend more $$$$ on a kit to convert it ?
spend some more $$$$ having it calibrated
then you have big $$$$$$$
in a bird , that coincidentally doesnt read any better than a dosey
and your "ego" is inflated to the size of a water buffalo ?
when you can have a dosey and a Fist full of dollars and still claim as a poser!


whew , an i thought i was goofy lmfao

Well I'm glad you straightened my silly ass out! Thanks! I thought using a Bird was correct because HiDef uses multiple Birds in the Empire State Building, broadcasting for a major national Television Network. I'll let him know that he's stupid too for using Bird equipment. Once he hears that, I'm sure his Network will run out and buy all Dosey meters to monitor their multi-million dollar equipment. Thanks again Brother!

[Mr.5150cbrn]

Well I'm glad you straightened my silly ass out! Thanks! I thought using a Bird was correct because HiDef uses multiple Birds in the Empire State Building, broadcasting for a major national Television Network. I'll let him know that he's stupid too for using Bird equipment. Once he hears that, I'm sure his Network will run out and buy all Dosey meters to monitor their multi-million dollar equipment. Thanks again Brother!

oh ! ok thats different because hidef uses it it must be right !
birds are industry standard endorsed by the us navy , regardless of what hidef uses.
there are more accurate methods of calculating peak envelope power
bird meters do have a +/-5% tolerance factor built into them ,
thus making them as accurate as humanly possible , but not perfect .

besides its only a claim

as i only asked a mere question about the difference and this wasnt intended to cause you to flame your self
gordon so ...... carry on !

[Gordon Gekko]

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!

[Mr.5150cbrn]

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 ?

[Gordon Gekko]

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