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Title: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: N4RMT on April 10, 2016, 10:51:41 AM
I'm thinking of purchasing one of these beacuse I don't have room for, (and can't find) a traditional mod monitor like a gates or boonton.  Looking for opinions / experience with this unit.  Best before or after the linear?  Accuracy and so forth? 

Thanks


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on April 10, 2016, 12:27:29 PM
eham reviews: http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11257

Thread here: http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=34069.0


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: WBear2GCR on April 10, 2016, 10:31:52 PM
It will be obvious if you look at the thread, Steve WA1QIX is on here...
...while I do not have one, I do know that he also sells these to all sorts of commercial broadcast stations, and the fact that it is on a PC makes it possible for them to do all sorts of neat things with it, beside simple mod monitoring.

                   _-_-


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: N4RMT on April 10, 2016, 10:34:02 PM
Thanks guys.


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: KD6VXI on April 10, 2016, 11:09:34 PM
Oddly enough,  I was talking about the same unit to someone yesterday on 40 AM.

--Shane
KD6VXI


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: Opcom on April 11, 2016, 06:50:47 AM
mount outboard in a wooden box like a few OT have done..


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: ka1bwo on April 13, 2016, 01:08:38 AM
It will be obvious if you look at the thread, Steve WA1QIX is on here...
...while I do not have one, I do know that he also sells these to all sorts of commercial broadcast stations, and the fact that it is on a PC makes it possible for them to do all sorts of neat things with it, beside simple mod monitoring.

                   _-_-
"sells these to all sorts of commercial broadcast stations" Is the REA AMM-SD1 Mod Monitor FCC type approved ?


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: n1eu on April 13, 2016, 07:06:13 AM
Very happy with mine (installed after the linear).  I've received excellent support on the monitor from Bob Richardson.

When I asked them about accuracy, they told me it's accurate within 2%.

73, Barry N1EU


Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: WD8BIL on April 13, 2016, 03:36:01 PM
Type approval is only needed on transmitting devices including power amplifiers.



Title: Re: REA AMM-SD1
Post by: flintstone mop on April 15, 2016, 07:02:54 PM
GREAT piece of software and shows you everything you need to know about your AM transmitter. Retro meters, bar graph positive and neg peaks and O scope.
Disconnect the pick up unit from the antenna during the lightning storm days, as that will destroy the unit.

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