MB-1 supports the full family of SURE Electronics 7-segment LED information modules (from 1.5 inches to 7 inches in height) Number of Remote Coupler ports 4 (each port has its own power and band compensation settings)

MB-1 provides three rear panel RCA jacks to aid you in determining the full scale current rating of a meter movement. There is a 50 uA current source, a 200 uA current source, and a 1 mA current source.

The Bird Dual Line Section, when equipped with two elements, provides full MB-1 functionality just like any other coupler with both a FWD and REFL port (e.g., simultaneous FWD and REFL power, SWR, Delivered (net) power, etc.).

Custom Meter Scales when Programming MB-1 for use with Analog Sensors and DC voltages

Interfacing your own Couplers to MB-1 In the figure below, we are feeding the output of a Yaesu Mark V (200 watts max output) through both the coupler being calibrated and the Alpha 4510, which we are using as the reference meter in this example.

Programming MB-1 to work with Analog Sensors Overview: The discussion below describes how to use MB-1 with analog sensors to measure a variety of parameters (RF current, temperature, pressure, distance, pollutant concentrations, etc.).

Update - Using MB-1 with Analog Sensors Custom Meter Scales for Power Measurements The meter faces below with a single power scale (or two power scales) can be used for multiple power levels using the conventional x10 multiplier.

The reference guide below lists all of the MB-1 menus and indicates which menus have Display Screens and Setup Screens associated with them. It is recommended that you read the Programming MB-1 Overview first.

In this single slug configuration, MB-1's Instantaneous power (TUNE), Average power, Peak power, and Min/Max functions are available. And as mentioned previously, since the Bird slug itself provides compensation across the entire HF band, no band correction is required for 160 meters - 10 meters.

A key goal of the MB-1 design was to build a meter that was fully configurable in a stand-alone mode without requiring a PC to control any of the meter's functions. Therefore, the charts below compare only those features that are available on all meters when used in a stand-alone mode.