John,
I have a bird wattmeter as well, while it works great on 2 way radio
equipment that has a constant TX (holding down mic key) it would not work so
well for WIFI because the radio would not be in a constant TX as it would be
switching back and forth between TX and RX. You would be better suited to
buy one of the following meters, http://www.vswrmeter.com/
I have one and it works very well, should have bought one a long time ago,
would have saved a lot of headaches. You can buy them from streakwave. They
are about $1500+ but I found one on eBay for $650 that was a demo so you may
have to shop around.
Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
P.O. Box 126
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:15 AM
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Subject: [WISPA] WISP test equipment (was Re: Radio Seperation)
Kurt & others,
What sort of test equipment do you use to check radios and antenna SWR?
My ham friend has a Bird Wattmeter, he was suggesting I get a slug
that would cover 900MHz and another for 2.4. Would I get any useful
information from a Wattmeter?
thanks
On Jun 21, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote:
> 1. Test all radio's, pigtails, coax with a power meter.
> 2. Check SWR on all the antennas.
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