Tom,

I concur with Jay. You need a unit designed for the frequency being tested.

MFJ Enterprises has as series of suitable VHF SWR/Watt Meters starting at
about $40.
http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Caterg...45fc51f462651f
or
http://tinyurl.com/yo26k6

I personally use the SWR in my old RST-721 test set.

Wayne
W7ADK
http://www.soaridaho.com/



"Jay Maynard" wrote in message
...
On 2008-02-13, noman wrote:
How well do you think a CB SWR meter will work for testing the antenna
installation in an airplane?

Not worth a damn. The sensing circuitry is almost certainly not going to
work
properly at VHF. A meter designed for the 2-meter ham radio band would
work,
though.

What are you trying to find out? Unless something is corroded or broken,
whatever problem you have is probably not your antenna.
--
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