Mcbazel Surecom SS10 100K-3GHz RF Signal Strength Meter

Works as it should. This is a helpful tool for me in testing walkie talkies and antennas.

This is the UN-amplified version of the meter. It is an absolute must-have, along with things like SWR/power meters. Works great for testing how well your HT/antenna combo transmits. Sometimes it is a more important piece of information than the "SWR" of your HT antenna, which is hard to measure accurately. Also helps to catch situations where an antenna that seems to fit your HT really doesn't (this happens more often than one might think). Conversely, you can attach your HT antenna to this meter and see how well it receives. I dial this meter to about 9 o'clock (partial sensitivity) and transmit from about 6 feet away. The readings are relative, but really help in antenna and HT comparisons.

Works fine in the truck, can't seem to get a reading with it walking between poles when chasing Impulse from Comm Power. When poles are close together. But driving by, narrowing down the pole is easy with it. Have had it in my work truck for about a month and has been a big help!

I purchased the meter to be a larger alternative to an old 70's style passive field strength meter we use in a ham radio station. Construction and materials appear to be worth the cost. However, the meter would not detect any passive field strength at all, when compared to the older meter. It seemed to be broken/defective.I did not want to, and shouldn't have to take on a project of repairing a new item. So it was returned.

This FSM looks and feels nice, and works well. The meter is well damped, so it doesn't slam into the full-scale peg, but it goes back to zero a bit slowly too. The sensitivity adjustment is nice and smooth. The device has a "quality feel" to it.Since originally posting this review, I see many reviews saying that it does not work on HF. Mine DOES work on HF! But the meter's sensitivity depends on the frequency. I see that when using it with my HF antennas. The higher the frequency, the more sensitive the meter is. When I want to see a reading from the lower HF bands, I add some length to the antenna. Just connect a longer piece of wire to the little antenna - an alligator clip helps. Sometimes I connect an outdoor antenna to the meter so that I can pick up the lower band signal from a different antenna.I hope that this will help old and new users of the FSM. Add more antenna for more sensitivity.

this meter will not i say not read hf freq for the amateur radio bands... it will work just fine on 2m./440mhz..

works as it is supposed to.it shows relative rf field strength.I have 2 frs radios, one always seemed weak. I transmitted on each radio, adjusted the rf meter to read 50% on the first radio and when I transmitted on the second radio the signal strength was 30%. Both radios transmitted from the same distance away from the rf meter.

The meter will detect rf signal but it wont really tell if one antenna is better than the other as the resolution is just not there. You have to use the pot to adjust so that the signal don’t overload but then it means you will never be able to get repeatable result as the pot has to be adjust each time base on how close or far you are from the meter.Not much point to get this meter for testing as the antenna cannot be tuned for some of the frequencies i need.