I have been trying to get an RF application going for a couple of weeks and
am having a terrible time.  I am sending data from one PIC to another with
one of these
http://www.parallaxinc.com/html_files/products/RF_Mods/27986-27991.asp at
433 MHz.  My results are not consistent.  Sometime it works just fine,
sometimes it doesn't work at all.

I can debug this project just fine till I get to the transmitter.  I can not
tell if the RF unit is actually transmitting well.  I have two questions:

#1.  Is there some way I can observe RF directly with my scope?  Do I need a
special probe?

#2.  I am thinking of buying a field strength meter.  The field strength
meter I am looking at claims 5 mv sensitivity at 433 MHz.  The transmitter I
am using claims 1 mw power output.  Would this field strength meter be
useful with such a tiny transmitter?

Jay

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