[BC] Wanted: Bird "43" wattmeter "slugs"

[Mike McCarthy]

Bird still does calibration of the slugs and the 43's. If you want them
cal'd to a specific 43, that meter MUST go in and be cal'd itself before
the slugs are cal'd in that 43. I have two 43's and a bunch of slugs done
that way.

That said, I then have a stash of "un-cal'd" slugs as well.  MOST are
within a few % of the cal'd slugs.

MM

>>Since we're on the subject, I need a 50-watt 100-250 and a 25 watt
>> 400-1000
>
> One thing to keep in mind - if you want accurate results, the slugs need
> to be calibrated to the specific directional coupler and meter movement to
> be used, that's why all of our elements have the serial number of the
> meter/coupler they are to be used with stenciled on them. Bird used to do
> this for a nominal fee (I assume they still do), not sure if any other
> sources do or not, but it's worth remembering. Bird would provide error an
> error chart across the frequency range so you always knew what the power
> was at that frequency - at least for that point in the line!
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeff Welton