The Metropwr FX-771 Station Monitor.

You can purchase HERE

After a couple of weeks of living with the FX-771 it has to go back *BOOOOO!* I am going to miss it!
Its a fabulous bit of kit that is a serious contender as a permanent addition to my radio shelf.. 

 Metropwr say:

 METROPWR FX771, is a modern VECTOR POWER/SWR METER completely digital. It’s composed of a wattmeter and a power coupler for measurements up to 3/5kW. It has a very modern and slim design, and very high performance. It has inside a fast 32bit processor plus a coprocessor to handle all the measurements in real time, and measure Power (AVG, PeP, dBm) , SWR, R, Z, X, %Mod and more. It has a fast external bus with which you can connect many accessories in series:

• Antenna switch 1X4 positions
• Radio switch 1X4 positions
• Directional coupler 3/5kW
• Power switches
• Coupler VHF/UHF
• Interface for Bird 43

In the photo some examples of connecting some accessories. Metropwr Fx771 can handle 4 antennas and 4 radio simultaneously. Through a menu it is possible to cross each radio with each antenna. 

To understand the potentialities of the METROPWR FX771 Wattmeter, I attach some link diagrams. The potentialities are enormous thanks to the scalability and expandability of the instrument. Perhaps calling it a wattmeter is somewhat diminutive as in the Metrovna I thought in great designing a tool that can measure almost any power at almost any frequency as well as handle all antennas and radios at the same time. In short, a UNIQUE tool in its genre and perhaps never seen to this day. As for the Metrovna, I wanted to integrate all the features of the trade tools and integrate them into a highly high tech wattmeter. Starting with the unique design of the SMART functions, in addition to the common tools seen in the last decades. Calling on the chats in photos under some link diagram:

– Easy for HF / 50MHz 3 / 5kWatt
– Dual for HF / 50MHz 3 / 5Kwatt + V / U Band
– PROFESSIONAL for HF / VHF / UHF / SHF 1 / 10Kwatt

To understand the potentialities of the METROPWR FX771 Wattmeter, I attach some link diagrams. The potentialities are enormous thanks to the scalability and expandability of the instrument. Perhaps calling it a wattmeter is somewhat diminutive as in the Metrovna I thought in great designing a tool that can measure almost any power at almost any frequency as well as handle all antennas and radios at the same time. In short, a UNIQUE tool in its genre and perhaps never seen to this day. As for the Metrovna, I wanted to integrate all the features of the trade tools and integrate them into a highly high tech wattmeter. Starting with the unique design of the SMART functions, in addition to the common tools seen in the last decades. Calling on the chats in photos under some link diagram:

– Easy for HF / 50MHz 3 / 5kWatt
– Dual for HF / 50MHz 3 / 5Kwatt + V / U Band
– PROFESSIONAL for HF / VHF / UHF / SHF 1 / 10Kwatt

It has a large Lcd touch screen display very fast and responsive, 10 front leds with which you can monitor:

• Measurement errors
• High SWR alarm
• RX/TX/Standbye
• Monitoring ADC/ACT
• USB PC RX/TX
• Check Bus I2C

In the picture, the Metrowatt FX771 with the first menu through which you can view

• AVG power, PeP (20mW /5kW autoranging scale)
• Express power mW / W / kW and dBm
• SWR / RL
• Double function smeter Power and% modulation
• Measures Return Loss
• Parameter Measurement Antenna Resistance, Impedance, Reactive (R, Z, X) Up to 3 / 5kW
• Voltage Supply Vcc / USB
• Operating frequency MHz, KHz, Hz
• Operational OM band

In the picture a sample of the Metropwr utility along with the IC7300 program

Technical Features VECTOR SWR/POWER METER METROPWR FX771

•  Coverage 1.8/55 MHz 160/6mt + VHF/UHF 
•  HF/55MHz Measure Power AVG, PeP, dBm, R, Z, |X| , SWR, ReturnLoss, Frequency
•  Wide Autoranging Power range 20mW/5kW
•  V/U Measure SWR/Power/FWD/REF
•  HF/50MHz Optional Couplers  200mW /3kW (FX3) – 200mW/5kW (FX5)
•  VHF/UHF Optional Coupler 200W (FX-VU)
•  Accuracy SWR error <5%
•  Directivity Coupler 30dB
•  Accuracy Power Better 5%
•  Operating voltage 13.8V
•  Dimensions 178X100X20 mm
•  Weight 200gr

Functional characteristics

•  Display TFT 3.1” 16 K color Touch screen
•  uP 32bit + Coprocessor
•  16 Internal Menus
•  Internal Analog/Digital UTC Clock (opt.)
•  PC USB port
•  ADC resolution 16bit
•  Fast EXP Port
•  updating Firmware through USB
•  App Pc Software

Optional Coupler FX3

• Coverage 1.8/55 MHz 160/6mt
• Power 20mW/3kW PeP
• Directivity 30dB
• Flatness 0.1 dB
• Connector so259 + SMA

Optional Coupler FX-VU

• Coverage 2mt/70cm
• Power 200W
• Accuracy Power/Swr 5%
• Flatness 0.1 dB
• Connector N

Optional Radio/Antenna Switch FX4

• Coverage 1.8/55 MHz 160/6mt
• Power 1kW PeP
• 1X4 Positions So259
• Flatness 0.1 dB
• In/out EXP Bus (Easy Lan Conector)
• Max Distance to Wattmeter 5mt 
• No need ext. supply