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M3 ELECTRONIX FPM 1 FREQUENCY COUNTER/ POWER METER KIT REVIEWED BY RICH
ARLAND, W3OSS ARRL CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR ALTHOUGH MY CURRENT INTERESTS IN
AMATEUR RADIO REVOLVE AROUND RESTORING VINTAGE AMATEUR AND MILITARY
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, I ENJOY THE MODERN CONVENIENCES OUR SOLID STATE
WORLD HAS TO OFFER.  AFTER ATTENDING FOUR DAYS IN MAY FDIM IN 2005, I
BECAME A FIRM BELIEVER THAT TODAYS RADIO AMATEURS HAVE A LEG UP WHEN IT
COMES TO TEST EQUIPMENT COMPARED TO WHAT WAS AVAILABLE JUST A FEW YEARS
AGO.  FDIM FEATURES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES DEVOTED TO THE ART OF HOMEBREW
CONSTRUCTION IT RUNS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DAYTON HAMVENTION.  WHILE AT
FDIM, I MET MIKE KNOX, KC8WR, AND MIKE DOTY, W0MNE, OF A NEW COMPANY CALLED
M3 M CUBED ELECTRONIX.  THEY OFFERED AN INEXPENSIVE 50 AT THE TIME PIECE OF
TEST GEAR CALLED A SEMICONDUCTOR ANALYZER TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE FDIM
EQUIPMENT BUILDING EVENT ITS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE M3 PRODUCT LINE.  FOCUS
ON TEST GEAR TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED AND THE M3 CREW HAS PUT TOGETHER A
STABLE OF REASONABLY PRICED, QUALITY TEST GEAR YOU CAN BUILD.  ADDITIONS TO
THE LINE INCLUDE THE VERSATILE FPM 1, A DC TO 1R3 GHZ FREQUENCY COUNTER AND
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270 5 1 2,850 VA WA2EQF 574 2 5 2,848 NNJ N7WS 1093 2 1 2,508 AZ N3HBX 1012
2 1 2,274 MDC K5QQ 475 2 1 2,150 MO W8UE 216 5 1 2,150 MI W7GB 426 2 1
2,084 EWA WA8KAN 200 5 1 2,050 WV TWO RIVERS CONTEST CLUB KL2R 313 2 2
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