The way the meter was designed it would be hard to get a good power reading anyway.?? There are no marks so you are only guessing that 600 watts is in the middle of the “600”.? Best guess is when my amp is doing 600 watts its really doing about 550.? I have a LP-100 coupler about 3’ from the output connection on the amp and trust it more than I do the amp readings.
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I don’t even know if the circuitry in the LA-1K allows an accurate reading?? If it did, it would be nice to replace the large “POWER-WATTS” on the top with an actual digital value.
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Although the amp works pretty well, the display could use some work in my opinion.?
an earlier poster mentioned that the power meter on the LA-1K was inaccurate and, I guess by extension, the SWR meter as well.? At the present time I do not have a separate meter. Can I rely on the LA-1K meter at all or do I need to bite the bullet and get a LP-100a which is not in the budget right now? :) Thanks, Gene K3GC
