Heck yeah! I built my rev4 QDX 2 weeks ago and activated two parks with it just after New years. I DEFINITELY want one of these! Great share, thank you. K0ATV
In first place... Happy New Year Linas and all the BEST wishes. Thanks for the clear explanations. I'm thinking to buy one of these for my 20 Mtrs QCX Mini for portable use, even for the Shack. Thanks so much and see you in the next video. HPY 2023 for all also.
Linus, what's the concensus on this meter? I have been waiting patiently for another update before I order one. Still worth while or should I hold off?
Hello, thanks for the comment. I'm not sure I can give a purchasing advice or how to spend your money best :). I only try to give an un-biased opinion in my reviews and hope this can help viewers to make their own choice. I have no more updated info on this tuner, like schematic diagram etc., so everything said in the video stays valid :). I use mine , actually, every day connected to one of my QDX's and it works OK, the battery lasts for days, no problems. HTH, good luck ! 73! Linas LY2H
Linus, silly question but is the white button above the usb C port in the back the on/off switch. Can this unit be place in bypass mode while off to save battery? I was just about to order this for my FT-818 radio and future QDX radio purchase. Had a QSO with a fellow countryman of yours LY4A. Maybe I will here you on the air someday if you DX into NA. 73!
Hi Raith, thanks for watching! And yes, you can easily bypass the unit by just simply shuttimg it off by pressing the magic white button on the back :). The unit is then bypassed automatically due to the smart schematics of the RF sampler transformer in the unit. No relays, etc. The battery runs for hours continuosly, actually. The LY4A is the biggest station in the country with huge fields of monstrous Yagies , including 80m :) So, you should have heard him well. I, on my turn, am running mostly QRP from my QDX when in FT8 mode into a vertical R8 or an EFHW 80-10 antenna. But not to worry! Just a few days ago I made a contact with NL7V from Alaska, and FK8HM from New Caledonia on 20m, FT8 , QDX, EFHW. So, anything is possible with the QDX and the Solar cycle 25 ! CUL, 73! Linas LY2H
Hello! And thanks a lot for reporting the broken link. I have changed it now into the other one on Amazon, please check the description again. Alternatively, you can just google for the “Mini SWR power meter” and some results should pop. 73! Linas LY2H
Just arrived. Man this thing is tiny, but it works. No instructions. One question, reguarding charging: Does the red LED change to green when charging is complete? Can u leave the usb c plugged in to supply constand power or is it just for charging?
Congratulations! Yes, no instructions, it’s OK for most chinese gadgets :) I’ve contacted the seller, who said he contacted manufacturer, who said that the gadget is tuned, calibrated and there is no need for a consumer to have the schematic diagram :). Well, it’s a kinda’ customer service anyway. The red LED just goes OFF on my device after the fully charged. The meter, actually works with the power supply USB cord connected, but I can’t say at the moment whether it is charging while working, or is it just working off the battery and the charger is just doing nothing. I suspect it only charges, not working. It would take , I think, to deplete the battery until the very low level on the meter and then connect the charger and see if it works and charges at the same time. I had no need nor chance yet to make this experiment as the battery lasts and lasts for hours before I need to charge it up and then I charge it disconnected. Have fun using it! 73! Linas LY2H
Hello Anthony! Thanks for asking, the little meter is doing just fine, internal battery is like new, I use it every time I play with my QDX, QCX and uSDX radios. I still think, this is one of the best accessories in my QRP park. 73! Linas LY2H
Hello. I don't know which tuner do you have in mind. Some tuners do have SWR/power meters built in, some don't. , some only have rudimentary meters like an LED. My video, though, is not about tuners, it's about the smallest possible device to measure the output power and SWR. Very often, I don't need a tuner at all, as I'm using the resonant tuned antennas. But I still want to know what power am I transmitting and how is it going, i.e. I need an SWR/ Power meter. If I only need this meter, why would I want to carry bulky tuner with it, unused? Most QRP tuners I know are bigger than my QCX or QDX transceiver. I find it weird when the tuner is bigger than the radio :), and especially that I don't need it for tuning, just for power/swr metering... But I agree, if you really need a tuner in the field, than it's a good idea to have one with the swr/pwr meter built-in. 73! Linas LY2H
Hello OM! It certainly would. Just the problem (for me) with the ATU-10 is that it's too bulky: it is twice as big as my tiny meter and weighs in some 6 time the meter ( 300g vs 50g). The ATU-10 is actually bigger than my entire QDX transceiver! Secondly, ATU-10 is more than 2 times as expensive as the meter alone. It's understandable but unjustifiable for me as I use tuned resonant antennas very often and tuner would rest unused. That's my reasoning why I wanted this tiny gift for myself, YMMV :). 73! Linas LY2H
@@Linas_LY2H Agree with you. I also thought about this. For 140ye I would buy small SWR/PWR meter from your video and manual QRP Pocket Transmatch from kanga-products.
hej hej linus, happy new year from summer in zl hi, I have just purchased one of these units, and I await for it to arrive and also my qcx mini is coming soon hi hi. I qso your country just recently, with algis ly7m in the log for 40m cw, but with my 200w. Thank you for the great video, I hope to qso you also one day, 73 zl3xdj.
Heck yeah! I built my rev4 QDX 2 weeks ago and activated two parks with it just after New years. I DEFINITELY want one of these! Great share, thank you. K0ATV
In first place... Happy New Year Linas and all the BEST wishes.
Thanks for the clear explanations.
I'm thinking to buy one of these for my 20 Mtrs QCX Mini for portable use, even for the Shack.
Thanks so much and see you in the next video.
HPY 2023 for all also.
Thanks for your review on this tuner. Just what I was looking for. I really enjoy your videos and look forward to watching more. 73 Ro AI7PD
Thanks Ro! It will be really interesting to see how this little device will be doing after more use! Many DX in 2023! 73! Linas LY2H
Happy New Year Linas, EI6AU
Linus, what's the concensus on this meter? I have been waiting patiently for another update before I order one. Still worth while or should I hold off?
Hello, thanks for the comment. I'm not sure I can give a purchasing advice or how to spend your money best :). I only try to give an un-biased opinion in my reviews and hope this can help viewers to make their own choice. I have no more updated info on this tuner, like schematic diagram etc., so everything said in the video stays valid :). I use mine , actually, every day connected to one of my QDX's and it works OK, the battery lasts for days, no problems. HTH, good luck ! 73! Linas LY2H
Thanks, great review and detail.
Linus, silly question but is the white button above the usb C port in the back the on/off switch. Can this unit be place in bypass mode while off to save battery? I was just about to order this for my FT-818 radio and future QDX radio purchase. Had a QSO with a fellow countryman of yours LY4A. Maybe I will here you on the air someday if you DX into NA. 73!
Hi Raith, thanks for watching! And yes, you can easily bypass the unit by just simply shuttimg it off by pressing the magic white button on the back :). The unit is then bypassed automatically due to the smart schematics of the RF sampler transformer in the unit. No relays, etc. The battery runs for hours continuosly, actually.
The LY4A is the biggest station in the country with huge fields of monstrous Yagies , including 80m :) So, you should have heard him well. I, on my turn, am running mostly QRP from my QDX when in FT8 mode into a vertical R8 or an EFHW 80-10 antenna. But not to worry! Just a few days ago I made a contact with NL7V from Alaska, and FK8HM from New Caledonia on 20m, FT8 , QDX, EFHW. So, anything is possible with the QDX and the Solar cycle 25 ! CUL, 73! Linas LY2H
Good job Linus.
I just found this video, and would like this SWR meter for my QDX. However, the link below no longer works. How do I find one to purchase?
Hello! And thanks a lot for reporting the broken link. I have changed it now into the other one on Amazon, please check the description again. Alternatively, you can just google for the “Mini SWR power meter” and some results should pop. 73! Linas LY2H
Happy New Year Linas, 73' for M0HWI/ SP9XCF Andy
Thanks Andy! Happy New Year to you and your family! 73! Linas LY2H
Just arrived. Man this thing is tiny, but it works. No instructions. One question, reguarding charging: Does the red LED change to green when charging is complete? Can u leave the usb c plugged in to supply constand power or is it just for charging?
Congratulations! Yes, no instructions, it’s OK for most chinese gadgets :) I’ve contacted the seller, who said he contacted manufacturer, who said that the gadget is tuned, calibrated and there is no need for a consumer to have the schematic diagram :). Well, it’s a kinda’ customer service anyway. The red LED just goes OFF on my device after the fully charged. The meter, actually works with the power supply USB cord connected, but I can’t say at the moment whether it is charging while working, or is it just working off the battery and the charger is just doing nothing. I suspect it only charges, not working. It would take , I think, to deplete the battery until the very low level on the meter and then connect the charger and see if it works and charges at the same time. I had no need nor chance yet to make this experiment as the battery lasts and lasts for hours before I need to charge it up and then I charge it disconnected. Have fun using it! 73! Linas LY2H
@@Linas_LY2H Thanks for the update, greatly appreciated.
Now it's a year later is that mini power/swr meter still holding up?
Hello Anthony! Thanks for asking, the little meter is doing just fine, internal battery is like new, I use it every time I play with my QDX, QCX and uSDX radios. I still think, this is one of the best accessories in my QRP park. 73! Linas LY2H
The qrp tuner has a swr meter on it doesn't it?
Hello. I don't know which tuner do you have in mind. Some tuners do have SWR/power meters built in, some don't. , some only have rudimentary meters like an LED. My video, though, is not about tuners, it's about the smallest possible device to measure the output power and SWR. Very often, I don't need a tuner at all, as I'm using the resonant tuned antennas. But I still want to know what power am I transmitting and how is it going, i.e. I need an SWR/ Power meter. If I only need this meter, why would I want to carry bulky tuner with it, unused? Most QRP tuners I know are bigger than my QCX or QDX transceiver. I find it weird when the tuner is bigger than the radio :), and especially that I don't need it for tuning, just for power/swr metering... But I agree, if you really need a tuner in the field, than it's a good idea to have one with the swr/pwr meter built-in. 73! Linas LY2H
Wouldn’t an ATU-10 show power and SWR including being a QRP Tuner?
Hello OM! It certainly would. Just the problem (for me) with the ATU-10 is that it's too bulky: it is twice as big as my tiny meter and weighs in some 6 time the meter ( 300g vs 50g). The ATU-10 is actually bigger than my entire QDX transceiver! Secondly, ATU-10 is more than 2 times as expensive as the meter alone. It's understandable but unjustifiable for me as I use tuned resonant antennas very often and tuner would rest unused. That's my reasoning why I wanted this tiny gift for myself, YMMV :). 73! Linas LY2H
@@Linas_LY2H smart. Thank you.
@@Linas_LY2H
Agree with you.
I also thought about this.
For 140ye I would buy small SWR/PWR meter from your video and manual QRP Pocket Transmatch from kanga-products.
hej hej linus, happy new year from summer in zl hi, I have just purchased one of these units, and I await for it to arrive and also my qcx mini is coming soon hi hi.
I qso your country just recently, with algis ly7m in the log for 40m cw, but with my 200w.
Thank you for the great video, I hope to qso you also one day, 73 zl3xdj.
Hello Brian! Glad you've got LY in the log! Now , QCX-to-QCX or QDX-to-QDX would be great! Hope to CU! 73! Linas LY2H