Friday, April 6, 2012

The QRPometer arrived

The 4 state QRP QRPometer
Back in late March I read on W2LJ's blog a post about the new QRPometer available from the 4 state QRP group. At the time I was also building my Elecraft KAT2 antenna tuner. I was getting to the stage of testing and setting up the tuner. I needed a watt meter for one of the tests. I do have the LP-100A meter and it is a super meter! BUT for me to use this meter it involves removing it from my Elecraft K3 setup and that is a REAL pain to do. So reading Larry's post about this new meter had me come to the understanding that this unit would be a nice fit for my shack......and also it's a kit! This little unit is a great SWR and watt meter. It's reads from 10 watts and goes down to 100mW's it has a large easy to read LED read out. The kit arrived at the shack on Wednesday of this week and it's still waiting assembly. I was fortunate to get the kit as it sold out very fast. I hope to get the unit built over the Easter weekend.

4 comments:

Paul Stam PAØK said...

Hi Mike, that's a really nice meter, have a nice Easter weekend, 73 Paul

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hi Mike, that sure is a interesting meter. If you got it assembled please let us know. I'm curious about your conclusion. 73, Bas

VE9KK said...

Good evening Paul, yes it is a nice meter that's what caught my attention. All the best to you and your family over the Easter weekend.

VE9KK said...

Hello Bas, I just did the inventory of the past today and hope to move on to putting it together sometime this weekend. I will post a review once it's all done and operating.