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RF POWER METER.  THEY ALSO OFFER AN LCRZ METER FOR MEASURING INDUCTANCE,
CAPACITANCE, RESISTANCE AND IMPEDANCE, AND A BUILT AND TESTED RF CALIBRATOR
THAT PROVIDES SIGNALS AT A KNOWN FREQUENCY AND POWER LEVEL FOR CHECKING AND
CALIBRATING YOUR HOMEBREW GEAR.  THERES ALSO A 40 DB TAP ATTENUATOR FOR
MAKING HIGH POWER MEASUREMENTS WITH LOW POWER DEVICES SUCH AS THE FPM 1.
M3 CAN PROVIDE A BENCH FULL OF USEFUL TEST GEAR FOR A VERY ATTRACTIVE
PRICE.  REMEMBER, YOU DONT NEED TO BUY ALL OF THE TEST GEAR AT ONE TIME, SO
TAKE STOCK OF WHAT YOU REALLY NEED ON YOUR BENCH AND BUY ACCORDINGLY.
BUILDING THE FPM 1 THE FPM 1 UNIVERSAL FREQUENCY COUNTER/ POWER METER KIT
ARRIVED IN A SMALL BROWN BOX.  AFTER COMPLETING AN INVENTORY AND SATISFYING
MYSELF THAT ALL THE PARTS WERE PRESENT, I STARTED BUILDING.  THE KIT
CONTAINS TWO CIRCUIT BOARDS SEE FIGURE 4.  THE LARGER MAIN CIRCUIT BOARD
HAS SOME MODERATELY DENSE COMPONENT POPULATION.  ALL SURFACE MOUNT
COMPONENTS WERE FACTORY INSTALLED, THEREBY NEGATING THE TEDIOUS TASK OF
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2,000 AK N3EF 435 2 1 1,990 MDC KE3D 808 2 1 1,972 STX WA3RML 182 5 1 1,870
NTX K4WW 500 2 1 1,850 KY VO1NO/VE3 688 2 2 1,846 ON WA1VKO 596 2 1 1,842
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