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swr meter opinions

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im looking for a basic, wallet friendly swr meter, i saw this one at frys and i wanted to see everyone here thought about it.

will it get the job done?

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Never having had my hands on one, I can't say anything specifically about that meter. I can say that by the relative size of it, and the price, I'd be sort of skeptical about it being very useful, sort of. I wouldn't put much 'faith' in that opinion...
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Radio Shack has a good meter for around 50 buck. That one you posted looked really cheap but i nothing about them.
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ya i went to radio shack cause frys didnt have any left, and it works good.
and my wilson 1000 came in the mail today.!!!! after tuning the antenna i was surprised how much more chatter i could here, and that people could hear me!
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Good deal man.
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Good deal yeah I have several friends who have them and they have been really pleased with them
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