This meter measures both SWR and output wattage (both Average and Peak). The meter case is hard plastic and is made in China. They retail for $49.95 on the radio shack website although I’ve bought them used for $10-20 on eBay. I’ve owned six of these over the years and currently still own two of them. I’ve run into meters that would tell you the SWR on your setup was 1.2 when in reality it was 3.1! If there is one piece of equipment you need to be able to trust it’s your SWR meter and I trust the 21-534 fully. I’ve owned many Workman and Para dynamics meters and believe me when I say that there are some very bad meters out there on the market. There are so many SWR meters on the market and so few that actually offer a reasonable level of performance. Once in a while a Radio shack product will really impress me and that’s the case with the 21-534 SWR Wattmeter. But maybe I’m being unfair, Radio Shack is one of the only places that still sells CB radios, antennas, coax, and meters, so I have to cut them some slack for supporting our hobby. The mention of Radio Shack in the CB world brings to mind cheap magnetic mount antennas and CB radios with 5 pin din microphones. When someone mentions Radio Shack CB products I often will cringe.
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