- So I went hiking up in the hills round here ( Quite slowly, actually )
& tried my luck at the top of one, with this small digital read out analgue
SWR.

Sun went down & It got dark ( Had a Flashlight) so the little LED's glow
contrasted nicely with the sun baked Granit .
Used earbuds, so as not to disturb the crickets

Well, with a 10 foot random wire, i was pickin up just about everythig; faint,
strong, nearby & far away;
But all over the dial. Totally out of calibration.
Then I tuned into Marions Attic ( 7.415) which was showing up at ~6
something..

Found WWV in ~14.000 range. Not where I thought it woould be, but it
Still told the Truth..
In short, if your backpacking / Hiking , not a terrible set to carry about.

& its Nice to have parks & forests & such, with Trees & Birds & Bears & Stars

- & finally, anyone know a Low tech way of recalibrationg this $15.00 set.. ?

Happy Fourth of July Everyone

Dan

I'd never heard of one of these going out of calibration. They seem to give
true frequency reout. I've had no porblem with mine nor have the two kids to
which I gave each one.

Now the PPL in the thing could be unlocking. That happens to often with my
Grundig eTR7, which is a digitally tuned job, at least is does when I turn it
right back on after it times out and shuts off.

Bill, K5BY

At 15.00$ a set I'd toss it away every time the batteries got low and buy
another.....Or keep a few in my backpack and just toss the ones that didnt
work right LOL
"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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- So I went hiking up in the hills round here ( Quite slowly, actually )
& tried my luck at the top of one, with this small digital read out
analgue
SWR.

Sun went down & It got dark ( Had a Flashlight) so the little LED's glow
contrasted nicely with the sun baked Granit .
Used earbuds, so as not to disturb the crickets

Well, with a 10 foot random wire, i was pickin up just about everythig;
faint,
strong, nearby & far away;
But all over the dial. Totally out of calibration.
Then I tuned into Marions Attic ( 7.415) which was showing up at ~6
something..

Found WWV in ~14.000 range. Not where I thought it woould be, but it
Still told the Truth..
In short, if your backpacking / Hiking , not a terrible set to carry
about.

& its Nice to have parks & forests & such, with Trees & Birds & Bears &
Stars

- & finally, anyone know a Low tech way of recalibrationg this $15.00
set.. ?

Happy Fourth of July Everyone

Dan