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Homemade RF Power Meter

Name Homemade RF Power Meter
Owner Makers' Alliance
Location Electronics
Training needed Yes
Hackable Yes
Model 5513
Serial UNKNOWN
Arrival Date 2024
Working No
Contact Sam Harmon

Current Status: Untested, but probably works

Specifications:

  • Power levels: +8 to -60 dBm
  • linearity: +/- 0.2 dB +6 to -56 dBm
  • Frequency range: +/- 0.5 dB 100 KHz to 500 MHz.

Does power on from internal battery(ies) - probably 2x9V based on the magazine article (installed 1/2021, according to a sticker on the underside of the unit)

An RF power meter, based on the AD5513 RF power detection IC, as described here: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/a-discussion-on-dbs-and-rf-power-meters

This is the “5513” model described in this article by the designer (in fact, this is probably the very one pictured on the right hand side in the article)

This is currently untested by us, but given this came from the estate of the author of the article, it's probably working.

homemade_rf_power_meter.txt · Last modified: by sdh7