Surecom Gam3Gear SW-102S SO239 Connector Digital VHF UHF 125-525Mhz Power & SWR Meter

The Surecom SW-102S is a handy digital power and SWR meter for VHF and UHF frequencies. Users appreciate its compact size, making it easy to carry around, and it's generally praised for reliable readings. It’s a solid choice if you need a portable device to measure power output and SWR on your radio setup.

I had fun using this digital SWR and power meter. It’s accurate as I tested the measurements against another meter resulting in almost identical results. I love that it has the digital display so I’m not guessing trying to see the needle like they have on a lot of other meters. It comes with very straightforward instructions that make it easy to use. It’s important that you check the frequency it measures before you buy it. If your antenna doesn’t fall within the parameters of the meter, you won’t be able to measure rhe SWR of your antenna. They have several different meters with various frequencies. They’ve made it quite easy to connect your antenna and radio. This helped me fine tune my antenna so I can make more contacts with my hand held radio. This is great for checking an antenna when I’m away from home since it’s small enough to be portable. I continue to use it to check my homemade antennas as well as antennas that I purchased.

I purchased this for simple testing of the signal power of my radios and to obtain occasional SWR readings with different antennas. However, I have also used it to tune an antenna that was causing higher SWR readings. Great meter, especially for someone new to GMRS radios. Learned about the meter after watching YouTube videos and talking with friends. Glad I purchased the meter! It is easy to use and understand. Highly recommend!

Update after 6 weeks: Still works perfectly after 25+ tests and I have not yet needed to recharge the battery. It is still going on the charge that it came with out of the box. So far so good. Works well and results are repeatable if you are careful about how you hold it and where you test. I got away from computers, cell phones, and any known EMI sources and got better results on all nine antennas I tested. The meter identified one antenna that had <20.0 SWR. Obviously a dead short and could have fried my radio. I hadn't used that antenna in a while and I'm really glad I didn't decide to grab it off the bench and use it. I made a spreadsheet with the power and SWR readings so I can compare those measurements to future measurements. Also, Amazon sells a 6"x6" aluminum plate for under $7 that works perfectly as a ground plate (you get two plates for that price, actually). I was able to cut the holes and mounted it to the meter exactly like the plate that used to ship with the meter. Took 10 minutes to make the ground plate. For the money, and realizing this is not scientifically accurate, this is a good meter for comparing antennas against others or checking their performance over time.

Came when it was supposed to, packaged good and worked great.

This is my review of this product, before I’m hesitant to buy if I really need it but since I buy and sell used VHF mobile radios from ebay this meter will come in handy, I like this Surecom model cuz not only that you have an SWR meter its also have a frequency counter feature so technically its a 2in1 device, you dont have to buy a separate frequency counter, so far its well built aluminum case, easy to use, with built in rechargeable battery, hope this will last.

Works as it should. Easy to operate and value of price.

I love this thing. It's perfect for quick readings to keep an eye on your antennas condition. I use this primarily for my Icom 5100 in my shack. I have another I use for my radio go box. The price of this thing is great and it is fairly accurate within its resolution. I have tested this against my VNA and my mfj antenna analyzer and it is always in an acceptable tolerance. Its built like a tank the screen is big and easy to read there are a ton of settings for screen time out correction factors and the like. The battery life is ridiculous I have owned this thing for over a year and I have not charged it yet and I use it almost daily. The one in my go box holds its charge never seems to be lower after weeks to months of non-use I remember when you could not touch a SWR meter at this price much less one that has decent accuracy. Now I only use this in VHF UHF range so your mileage may vary in the HF ranges. But for what I bought it for it is perfect. Quick easy readings with no fuss. KI7FHU 73 all

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Product came like described. Feels nice and sturdy in hand. Connectors seem to ok. I've installed adapters anyways so I don't need to screw under unscrew so much. This is the version 2 so I assume that's the current updated one which I have been able to research. I can't confirm the accuracy as of now. Some people say it's not accurate and some say it does the job which it does. It is good for the price. I ran some test on a rubberducky antenna as well a nagoya and a self made antenna. Rubberduck antenna came out like expected (bad) as well the nagoya did (which I believe it's a fake anyways) and the self made ground plane antenna checked out with an SWR of 1.1 which was surprisingly (has not been tuned yet) good. At the end it works (how well, who knows) and it gives at least a value to work with.