Field Strength Meter Ham Radio
Well a field strength meter is sort of like that in that in its heyday it was used by hams and cb ers to measure the transmitted signal strength of any antenna from a distance usually 1 3 or 30 metres or whatever measured distance you had.
Field strength meter ham radio. Ending sep 25 at 11 27am pdt 6d 2h. Bird at 100 thruline wattmeter 2 136mhz digital antenna tester analyzer. You can make changes to your antenna and instantly know if it radiates better or worse. Cb ham field strength swr meter 21 533 fm page 1 thursday august 5 1999 3 47 pm.
How many times have you not been able to work a repeater or work. The mfj 801 field strength meter. Than the rf field strength meter. Triple axis radio frequency rf digital field strength meter emf radiation cell phones smart meters home inspections 50mhz 3 5ghz frequency electrosmog power meter tester 3 9 out of 5 stars 13 109 99 109.
If fed with 1500 watts the magnetic fields from a 3 element yagi array range from 0 627 a m at 1 meter separation from the antenna 0 185 a m at 5 meters separation and 0 128 a m at 10 meters separation. Ham radio micronta field strength swr meter. Nissei dg 503 digital swr watt meter 1 6 60mhz 125 525mhz radio power tester. Any ham who has a 146 mhz or a 440 mhz hand held transceiver is at the mercy of the sales brochures when choos ing the best flexible rubber duck antenna for your radio.
The electric fields are 45 4 v m at 1 meter separation 59 4 v m at 5 meters separation and 49 6 v m at 10 meters separation. You can use it to determine the basic radiation pattern of your antenna and see which direction your signal is strongest. The qrpguys digital field strength meter can detect rf energy over the. This easy to use mfj antenna meters show the strength of the actual field being radiated from your antenna.
As long as the meter was calibrated one could set up the antenna mount a fs meter x number of feet or metres away pump 1 5 10 or 100. This easy to use mfj antenna meter shows the strength of the actual field being radiated from your antenna.