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Questionman
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 1:11 pm: | 
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I have a set of Dosy meters that no one can tell me about. The meters have one large meter taht does it all SWR MOD PWR I think they are sorta old. I cant find anywhere on them where it says a model number, can anyone help?? |
Taz
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 3:40 pm: |
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Sounds like an astatic 600 does it look like this?
ASTATIC 600
or this
DOSY LIBRA 631
or this
DOSY LIBRA TFC 3001
or this
DOSY TC 3001
does it look like any of those?
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Taz
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 3:43 pm: |
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It isnt any of those, i mis read your post.
look in there
http://www.copperelectronics.com/product_display.cgi?categories=METERS |
Questionman
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 6:06 pm: |
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Well they might by the Tc 4001 test set, but mine are slightly different. I guess they are older, I cant find a date on them. I wish I knew how to post a pic of them on here , then everyone could see them. |
antenna man
| | Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2002 - 6:26 pm: |
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Remember guys, Dosy meters are like drugs. They only give you a warm fuzzy feeling. Thats what was said by one of our wonderful tech posters on here once................ |
Ironmask
| | Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 8:34 pm: |
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I had trouble with the Modulation meter on the Dosy TFC 3001. I called the factory and explained my problem and they sent a brand new test center with the power pak. I have never seen this type of service from other manufactures.
Iron Mask |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 9:54 pm: |
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lol, just say all the dosy equipment you own dosent work. lol |
Jp1116
| | Posted on Monday, June 17, 2002 - 12:23 am: |
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Is it a white face Dosy. I have one that is over 15 years old and sounds like yours. It just says Dosy Test Center. It has a headphone jack and a switch on the back to change the 2000 watt scale to 4000 in addition to the SWR, Modulation and Watt Scale knob. The set knob also says RF-phone level. |
Alan Lane
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 12:13 am: |
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I agree with jp 1116 i have a old dosy test center like has been described and there is very little info on it.Quite frankly i think the meter is sorry big time.The mod meter has neve worked.A friend of mine has the same meter also and his mod meter has never worked... 73, Al - Tallman |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 11:25 am: |
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Those white face dosys are pretty rare, and old. Blackcat had the same meter with their name on it, I have one of those. They are kinda collectors items now. Dosy should have put a warning with their meters long ago, NOT to check modulation with an amplifier running, that'll knock them out pretty quick. But for the price and features, I think they are still the best around. scrapiron |
CM 3885
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 12:01 pm: |
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I have an old Dosy Pm 2001 Ts meter that i got used for $30.00 and the mod function has never worked.. Seems it is the first thing that goes in those meters. I though about calling Dosy and having them work on it but then again it would probably cost more than the dumb thing is worth!!! But IMHO for the $$$ Dosy meters cant be beat with a stick. Id rather spend $250.00 for a radio than a bird meter and then have to psend even more $$$ for the slugs. By the time its all said and done a guy can have almost $500.00 in a meter that for the basic CBer is worthless!! I knew a guy that had a shop in a truckstop and he had a bird meter and he spent $550.00 for the meter slugs and pouch to store it in. He used it about 3 months then sold it for $250.00 becasue he got sick of all the truckers and local guys bitching about the meter whenever he put a radio on it to test. He then went back to using a Dosy.... :-) |
bullet
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 8:32 am: |
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cm3885,
ive noticed you got a hard on with the birds.haha
warm and fuzzy..................................
some folks would rather be lied to and think there bodatious!
then theres folks that like to know whats really going on......and know there bodatious! 
but being serious, run what ever is in with what you want your set up to be... if you just want to shoot the shi* with some buddies and dont need/want great acuracy buy a meter that suits that need. if your more serious minded about your radio hobby then buy the meter that suits that need as well.
its that simple there all fine it just depends on your intented use for them that makes the differance.
151 working the heck out of my bird 43p and im back on the mail! |
Tech671
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 5:50 am: |
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At my shop the saying goes... "would you like to know your real peak and avg watts, or the happy peak watts?"
I love when they come in with their 50w Cobra 29s and 70-90w Galaxy 99s. Their Cobras are generally about 20w peak and the 99s about 30w peak. I've actually made some money by laying a $20 bill on the counter and saying "that's yours if this 29 goes over 25w on my meter". I'll preface the check by taking a basic tuned 29 of mine off the shelf and show about 18-20w peak.
I do have a need for Bird meters because many of my customers run high power. The avg CBers definately does not need a Bird meter. The Synchron meter that Copper sells is a great little meter that will suit most CBers but be aware it reads "AVG" power, not peak. The 3 window Dosy meters seem to read pretty good peak readings. |
Tech808
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 8:06 am: |
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Tech671,
Darn!
Now, I know where those guys moved to that used to come into our shop with those 50W Cobras and 70-90W 99's. 
Lon
Tech808 |
Bullet
| | Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 12:29 pm: |
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tech671
id venture to bet that 20 is still there on the table when there out the door with those cobra's and galaxy's.
even on peak mode 20watts is kicking butt for a cobra.on rms they fall in around the 6-8 watt range. and the exports 10-12 birdwatts rms for the most part ive seen a few around 15rms but thier hot rods.
i have seen one modified 2950 with a pair of mrf497 finals that had its tx section,and modulation sections re worked that did 30 watts rms on the bird43,it even had a thicker power cable going into it.set at 95% modulation it would do around 56-58peak. with the money spent to get this radio to perform this hot you could buy a 2970 and get much more.... |
Tech671
| | Posted on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 5:42 am: |
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Exactly, I sell alot of KL60s and 203s, and for near the price of what they *would* have paid for that super-mega tune they get a real 50-100w of peak, and it all still runs on the power posts or lighter plug! |
questionman
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 11:24 pm: |
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Yes they do have a white face and the headphone jack and the switch on the back!! |
Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 1:55 am: |
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questionman.
A white face and a headphone jack and the switch on the back? Now that sounds familiar.
I used to own a Atwater Kent that had all of that too.
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
