Mcbazel Surecom SW-102 Digital VHF/UHF 125-525Mhz Antenna Power & SWR Meter

This thing is a pretty nifty little gadget. Well worth the money.

Wow. I got this SWR meter for my HAM radio system, and it does an amazing job. It is worth every penny (I paid less than $50 include shipping). It has VSWR reading as well as extra reading such as forwarding power, reversed power, and percentage of forwarding power. It EVEN has a frequency counter which is very useful determine if your radio modulation is correct. All these features in one jam packed unit which is easy to use. I had to get a couple adapters such as N/PL/SMA connectors to test out my radios and antennas. Lots of fun. A great way to maximize your radio systems. The unit is also solidly build with strong metal casing. Probably the best radio SWR/Power/Frequncy meter on the market at a low price.

Works great, would recommend to see tutorials on YouTube for operation on product.

Surprisingly solid and well made. I got very reasonable power, VSWR, and frequency measurements in the Marine VHF band 156-162 MHz. The frequency counter function provided the expected xmit frequency within .001 MHz, the resolution of the device. VSWR into a dummy load and a known good antenna were near 1:1. A known poor antenna measured 19:1. All as expected. Not a precision shop instrument but great for the money and adequate to verify good transmitter and antenna function.

Avoid this unit. Nearly impossible to read, no useable instructions, awkward menu system - very inconsistent measurement. I do not recommend, and in fact I returned it within a few days.

Great little meter. Prob not the most accurate SWR meter out there, but also not very expensive. But good enough for the average HAM/GMRS nerd. And good thing I purchased. I checked SWR on my shack set up running a KG1000G+ and Comet GP-6NC and SWR was 1.2:1 in the GMRS bands. Then tested same radio with a cheap Nagoya mag mount mobile antenna and SWR was over 3.0:1 on same frequency. Without this little meter, I wouldve never known. Possibly burning up my high dollar radio. Definitely recommend if youre new and just getting into radio.

Wow, I love this little guy. I work on 2-way radios for a school bus terminal. This saves me so much time! worth every penny.

A really nice VSWR meter.

Power and frequency are credible, but VSWR (SWR) is pretty much stuck at 1.00. A 50 Ohm load reads 1.00 as expected. A 61 Ohm load should read 1.22, but instead also reads 1.00. Two antennas which read 1.3~1.5 on other much more expensive meters (cross-needle) read 1.00~1.05. In exasperation, I very briefly tried open, which read 19.99 which I presume is full scale. So something is going on--just nothing useful. The replacement had exactly the same symptoms. Too bad. Its a cute little job and I would have been happy with pretty much any reasonable accuracy. The cross-needles are very nice on a desk, but this would have been great in the field.

Instructions could be better written, and provide more detail for all the functions. The meter seems to be accurate and well worth the cost.