The manufacturer doesn't care.........might see your video, watch 15secs of it then turn it off. Great that you highlighted the issues to avoid other buyers having the same pain.
Nice idea, poor execution. Thanks for showing us Tony. Maybe someone from the manufacturer will see this. Hopefully you can return it but if not a video of you poking around in it might be fun.
Thanks, the device i send back asap so fingers crossed. Yes if it somehow is rejected and comes back we can have a better look what was maybe intented, i realy liked the idea.
Bedankt Jaap, ja soms is het echt gewoon niet goed gemaakt, gelukkig gaat het vaalook wel goed. Ik kon het gratis terug sturen, dus hoop het snel geregeld te hebben.
Tony, if you haven't have a chance to visit Shenzhen in China do yourself a favour and make the trip. You need a strong mind as scammers will try to tear you apart. It was a former Mecca of electronics manufacturing. Now cheaper countries have come along and with unemployment now being a major plague there it has become the rat race to capitalise what ever is left of a very dying bubble. It is probably easier to fly into Hong Kong and make use of a new visa free 15 day arrangement. Despite the chaos it is relatively save in the daytime.
I purchased a similar model CQV-SWR-508 on Banggood and this meter inserted bad noise into the signal. I am fighting with them right now to return it and get my money back as it was bad out of the box.
Yes it was bad, see my TA-0412: th-cam.com/video/W03w-dh7qgY/w-d-xo.html / i hope they compensate you correctly. BangUgood is not the best in support on broken stuff... usulay they give you 40% and you take it becouse sending back cost you a fortune.. thay are bad.
Terrible they put this stuff on the market... First this crap went trough Banggood only, sad to see its now also with Ali... So we need to be more aware now. Hope with more videos like this also from others, we can save many from waisting money and time on this rotten apples.
I think now that most transceivers have the SWR meter already integrated, the price of the thing could drop a little. I still have some SW-102 for my HTs on UHF/VHF, but even i have a CB radio with SWR meter integrated and for my Yaesu FT891 without integrated autotuner, i have an external ATU100 so it means 2 SWR meters already. I'm puzzled why somebody wants to spend the 165 euro on the DG-503, but i see the thing in almost every shack. Another reason against SWR meters is the widespread of VNAs...
For me the DG-503 woud also not be my choice as it is missing the Bars or needles. Still for manual tuning on HF.. i prefer a big cross needle analog scale..
@@TonyAlbus Yes i see, there is still some need for an instrument with needle display on a screen. In contrast to mechanical instrument, it could measure the frequency and calibrate itself, and also for use in a vehicle would better resist to vibrations.
Is that board stuck down with white bathroom silicone? Glad this video randomly popped up as it’s been a while since i have seen any of your videos. Subscribed!
Thank you a lot for the helpul report! I'm considering purchaising some of the entry level GPSDO of 10MHz and 1PPM outputs for my bench but I stucked at the choice of the right provider from the famous selling portal. Could you please share any suggestions with me about that? Thank you and kindly ragards!
Hi, Thank you... Usualy i have item links in the video description, but here they are.. this type of items i buy from HamRadioStore on Ali GPSDO_Display go.tonyalbus.com/GPSDO_Ali GPSDO_NoDisp go.tonyalbus.com/GPSDO_Ali2 GPSDO_NoDisp go.tonyalbus.com/GPSDOnd_amz GNNSDO go.tonyalbus.com/GNSSDO_Ali Distributer10 go.tonyalbus.com/Dist10_Ali Distributer0-200 MHz go.tonyalbus.com/Dist200_Ali FDIS-5 go.tonyalbus.com/FDIS5_Ali
Wow! Thank you a lot for your effort and help! I'm yet considering to build it on Arduino as an alternative but haven't decided yet. Still too less time ;D Thank you! Kindly regards! All the best!
The 0405 video was referenced in the advertisement for the previously reviewed swr/power meter. My question is how do you find using the switch mode supply? I have a couple of these (rated 25amp) Exactly the same as the one on your bench. How do they compare in your opinion to linear power supplies?
Hi, please comment on a related video, this is an other subject here. your question can be useful for other, but they will never find it as this is the wrong video. Your question. low power low rimple linear, highpower switchedmode but you will have more ripple
Junk. Thanks for the review. I'm in the market for a meter that handles more than the 25 W that my HP does, but that's not it. I've repaired a lot of small 'new' Chinese modules and equipment, or modified it to make it more functional, and saved money by buying it from China. But for over $100 I think I'd like it to work right the first time.
Thanks, yes this devices qualifies best as that ..the other meter that is on my desk, is very well build btw and work great . still i see myself using a cross-needle Daiwa, maybe i am just old as i also still use my fixed temp magnastat Weller :)
@@TonyAlbus, I use a Metcal soldering station now, but I started in electronics back in 1963 with an old woodburner with a nail for a tip. I learned everything the hard way. I taught myself. It was a very slow process. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be a kid and have the Internet at my fingertips, with videos like yours back when I was learning electronics. I was starved for information. (I learned of the existence of the ARRL when I was in college.) The first tech book I learned from as a kid was so old it called capacitors 'condensers', but I read it and reread it. The town librarian finally told me I could stop coming back to the library every 2 weeks to re-sign it out since I was the only one who ever requested it or checked it out. Now I spend a couple of hours a day doing tech reading on the web and watching videos like yours. These days a smart, inquisitive kid could start from nothing and essentially get an MIT PhD in electronics or physics for free from the web, as well as the tips and wisdom of those with decades of practical experience. The knowledge at our fingertips nowadays is staggering. Just sort through the junk and inhale the rest. Times change. Oh to be a kid again, but with a NanoVNA and the Internet.
@@johnwest7993 Hi John, yes much different times now, you started way before me, in my time it was already transistors but i do remember going to the libaries or cutting schematics out of electronic magazines. and ordering parts or a kit was also from a magazine and you needed to call or send a letter and pay by bank and then 2 weeks later your parts or kit arrived.
Thank you for the review, Tony! I hope you can get your money back. Regards, David
Thank you David, yes i send it back inmediate, thats why i only have pictures left for this video. The store offered free return so fingers crossed.
Thanks for "taking one for the team"..
Thanks!
The manufacturer doesn't care.........might see your video, watch 15secs of it then turn it off.
Great that you highlighted the issues to avoid other buyers having the same pain.
Thanks!
Thankyou
So many reviewers are afraid of giving a bad review.
Im glad you are honest, this is helpful
Thanks for leaving a comment, always nice to know it appriciated
Thahks for the heads up Tony. Looked promising 'on paper'.
Thanks! yes it looked very nice, also a digital with PEP... maybe an other later then...
Nice idea, poor execution. Thanks for showing us Tony. Maybe someone from the manufacturer will see this. Hopefully you can return it but if not a video of you poking around in it might be fun.
Thanks, the device i send back asap so fingers crossed. Yes if it somehow is rejected and comes back we can have a better look what was maybe intented, i realy liked the idea.
bedankt voor deze video Tony ,weer wat geleerd ,niet alles wat uit oosten komt is kwaliteit hi
Bedankt Jaap, ja soms is het echt gewoon niet goed gemaakt, gelukkig gaat het vaalook wel goed. Ik kon het gratis terug sturen, dus hoop het snel geregeld te hebben.
Tony, if you haven't have a chance to visit Shenzhen in China do yourself a favour and make the trip. You need a strong mind as scammers will try to tear you apart. It was a former Mecca of electronics manufacturing. Now cheaper countries have come along and with unemployment now being a major plague there it has become the rat race to capitalise what ever is left of a very dying bubble. It is probably easier to fly into Hong Kong and make use of a new visa free 15 day arrangement. Despite the chaos it is relatively save in the daytime.
Thank for that information, china is still on our list before we get to old to travel to long flights. we hope we will be able to do it one time..
I purchased a similar model CQV-SWR-508 on Banggood and this meter inserted bad noise into the signal. I am fighting with them right now to return it and get my money back as it was bad out of the box.
Yes it was bad, see my TA-0412: th-cam.com/video/W03w-dh7qgY/w-d-xo.html / i hope they compensate you correctly.
BangUgood is not the best in support on broken stuff... usulay they give you 40% and you take it becouse sending back cost you a fortune.. thay are bad.
The same people that sell those 10Mhz txco boards that can't be trimmed to 10Mhz. Simply incompetent engineers.
Terrible they put this stuff on the market... First this crap went trough Banggood only, sad to see its now also with Ali... So we need to be more aware now. Hope with more videos like this also from others, we can save many from waisting money and time on this rotten apples.
I think now that most transceivers have the SWR meter already integrated, the price of the thing could drop a little. I still have some SW-102 for my HTs on UHF/VHF, but even i have a CB radio with SWR meter integrated and for my Yaesu FT891 without integrated autotuner, i have an external ATU100 so it means 2 SWR meters already. I'm puzzled why somebody wants to spend the 165 euro on the DG-503, but i see the thing in almost every shack. Another reason against SWR meters is the widespread of VNAs...
For me the DG-503 woud also not be my choice as it is missing the Bars or needles. Still for manual tuning on HF.. i prefer a big cross needle analog scale..
@@TonyAlbus Yes i see, there is still some need for an instrument with needle display on a screen. In contrast to mechanical instrument, it could measure the frequency and calibrate itself, and also for use in a vehicle would better resist to vibrations.
Is that board stuck down with white bathroom silicone? Glad this video randomly popped up as it’s been a while since i have seen any of your videos. Subscribed!
Thanks, yes it sure seems the cheapest sillicone they could find, Subbed you back, interesting channel
@@TonyAlbus Thanks, much appreciated.
ciekawy ładny miernik ... pozdrawiam
Thank you, it looks nice indeed, but the quality is very poor.
Got one as well, mine is just as bad.
Hope you also have free return from you store... i received a free shipping label and am already refunded.
Thank you a lot for the helpul report!
I'm considering purchaising some of the entry level GPSDO of 10MHz and 1PPM outputs for my bench but I stucked at the choice of the right provider from the famous selling portal. Could you please share any suggestions with me about that? Thank you and kindly ragards!
Hi, Thank you... Usualy i have item links in the video description, but here they are.. this type of items i buy from HamRadioStore on Ali
GPSDO_Display go.tonyalbus.com/GPSDO_Ali
GPSDO_NoDisp go.tonyalbus.com/GPSDO_Ali2
GPSDO_NoDisp go.tonyalbus.com/GPSDOnd_amz
GNNSDO go.tonyalbus.com/GNSSDO_Ali
Distributer10 go.tonyalbus.com/Dist10_Ali
Distributer0-200 MHz go.tonyalbus.com/Dist200_Ali
FDIS-5 go.tonyalbus.com/FDIS5_Ali
Wow! Thank you a lot for your effort and help! I'm yet considering to build it on Arduino as an alternative but haven't decided yet. Still too less time ;D Thank you! Kindly regards! All the best!
The 0405 video was referenced in the advertisement for the previously reviewed swr/power meter.
My question is how do you find using the switch mode supply? I have a couple of these (rated 25amp)
Exactly the same as the one on your bench.
How do they compare in your opinion to linear power supplies?
Hi, please comment on a related video, this is an other subject here. your question can be useful for other, but they will never find it as this is the wrong video.
Your question. low power low rimple linear, highpower switchedmode but you will have more ripple
What a disaster, every day it is manufactured with less quality. Greetings73
Some make great stuff, this was not one of them for sure.
Junk. Thanks for the review. I'm in the market for a meter that handles more than the 25 W that my HP does, but that's not it. I've repaired a lot of small 'new' Chinese modules and equipment, or modified it to make it more functional, and saved money by buying it from China. But for over $100 I think I'd like it to work right the first time.
Thanks, yes this devices qualifies best as that ..the other meter that is on my desk, is very well build btw and work great . still i see myself using a cross-needle Daiwa, maybe i am just old as i also still use my fixed temp magnastat Weller :)
@@TonyAlbus, I use a Metcal soldering station now, but I started in electronics back in 1963 with an old woodburner with a nail for a tip. I learned everything the hard way. I taught myself. It was a very slow process. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be a kid and have the Internet at my fingertips, with videos like yours back when I was learning electronics. I was starved for information. (I learned of the existence of the ARRL when I was in college.) The first tech book I learned from as a kid was so old it called capacitors 'condensers', but I read it and reread it. The town librarian finally told me I could stop coming back to the library every 2 weeks to re-sign it out since I was the only one who ever requested it or checked it out. Now I spend a couple of hours a day doing tech reading on the web and watching videos like yours. These days a smart, inquisitive kid could start from nothing and essentially get an MIT PhD in electronics or physics for free from the web, as well as the tips and wisdom of those with decades of practical experience. The knowledge at our fingertips nowadays is staggering. Just sort through the junk and inhale the rest. Times change. Oh to be a kid again, but with a NanoVNA and the Internet.
@@johnwest7993 Hi John, yes much different times now, you started way before me, in my time it was already transistors but i do remember going to the libaries or cutting schematics out of electronic magazines. and ordering parts or a kit was also from a magazine and you needed to call or send a letter and pay by bank and then 2 weeks later your parts or kit arrived.
What a messy product, looks like a failed prototype. I am glad you got a refund.
Thanks, yes is was bad...
Thanks for the video! 👍 I was lucky to have seen the video before I ordered! Best 73, Sascha - DO7SHN
Thanks! great! 73