I'll search a bit more for faq page dealing with these issues. Funny thing is, it does swing when I'm on SSB. I was especially surprised to find out that my Power meter hardly moves, never mind 'SWING', when I talked. I just don't know how to measure these concepts. I know the concept of AM, FM, SSB, and CW. And I have a cheapo Pyramid(SWR-14) swr/watt meter. Just make sure the needle does nothing on SSB when you are keying but being silent. Try going to SSB and then you should see the needle swing forward when you talk. On AM you should see a little bit of needle swing but not much with a stock radio and most of the time the modulation will always be 100% Its when your ded key is low and you run an amp when you see big swing. SSB= Single Side Band = Upper Side Band / Lower Side Band To be more of a help you need to tell us what unit of swr/power meter you have for some one to explane it to you. Swing would be noticed when.you deadkey (aren't talking) and then you talk and the needle swings forward. If you meter is only a RMS meter often you won't really see any swing. Now that I've gotten moderately in to this 'CB' thing, many things are clear to me, but I still need to be 'Elmer'ed'.īasically you can measure RMS which is the 'average' signal or PEP which will show the peaks and lows of your signal. While I'm at it, how do I measure modulation ? And what the heck is it ? Could some one enlighten me on how this swing is measured ?

I THOUGHT that that is what 'Swing' meant. On my power meter on AM, the power meter don't swing when I talk. Now that I have a swr/power meter, I'm confused about these 2 terms.

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