McbazelSurecom SW-28HF 1.5MHz-60MHz 120W Mini V.S.W.R. & Power Meter

I had a chance to use this today with both my President Mckinley ssb cb radio and my Radioddity QT40 10 meter radio. I have been looking for a meter that could give me a decent indication of the peak envelope power that my radios were putting out at the different levels I could set them at so that I could use them to drive an inexpensive amp without burning them up. I also wanted a meter to show swr for the 6m band. This meter even though it is very low cost, agrees pretty well with my friends bird to within a few watts on both ssb and am modulation. Pretty impressive for a $50 meter. The swr for cb also is very close to my Radio shack meter and Workman meter and Nanovna. I have only tried it on 10m and cb but I will be using it for my 6m radio soon. I have 2 other Surecom meters as well, 1 for cb and the other is for vhf/uhf and both of them have worked well for me. They seem to be a fairly new company but they appear to do good work. I would recommend.(Update): I contacted the seller because I had a question about the peak power mode. When you first turn the meter on it starts out in average power mode so it reads average power, then if you press the peak/avg button it changes to peak mode and a "p" appears on the screen, but if you press the button again the "p" stays but a "-" appears over the "p" and it doesn't say in the instructions what this means. The seller explained that this is peak hold mode so that the reading stays on the screen for a while so that you have time to see the reading and note it. I don't think you could beat this meter in value for the functions it offers. I'm impressed by both the meter and the responsiveness of the seller.

Updated review: Some USB-C chargers will not provide power to the meter for charging because the meter does not negotiate a power requirement with the charger. Use of a USB-A charger DOES work. I have updated the rating to 4 stars.Old review: Battery charging does not work via USB as listed in product specifications.Without a charge on the battery, the meter is unusable.

GREAT LITTLE METER! Placed between my LDG tuner and my radio, it gives very accurate and immediate SWR info coming through the tuner.

Inexpensive and it works!

This is a very nice compact SWR, power meter easy to use and a very well lit screen.

Works great! 4 Stars because when I received it I heard a rattling sound inside. Battery mount screws needed to be reinstalled. Otherwise works great!

Meter is very accurate compared to other meter readings and vector analysis of my antenna setup. Can be left in line connected to monitor changing conditions and wattage settings. PEP wattage measurement tops out at 169 watts so if your radio swings higher than that, its harder to get a max PEP reading above.Great little meter considering my PEP swings around 175 watts. Measurement from deadkey can go all the way down to 1/2 watt so this meter is very flexible and can be used bearfoot on a radio thats stock!

Functionality is very poor. Build quality is also poor as the display is not straight and digits are not defined well. Ease of installation doesn’t apply here as the seller would not refund for a terribly inaccurate unit.