On Sun, 05 Oct 1997 04:28:22 +0000 Wayne Bailey
<nx7k@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> writes:
>I haved been considering purchasing an Antenna Analyzer. Does anyone
>have
>any recommendation and experiences to impart to me before I leap.
Wayne,
Depends on exactly what you're looking for and the price. I recently
purchased the MFJ-259 from Gerald at Texas Towers. For my purposes it
works just fine. I'm told that its warts include weak battery holders
and no reverse polarity protection for the power-in. However, nothing
beats it for finding the center SWR of an antenna. Freqs covered are HF
and VHF (no UHF +). It can also be used to determine velocity factor and
a few other things (don't have the book in front of me now). For $200
it's worth it.
BTW, there is a recent thread on the 259 on
rec.radio.amateur.equipment (or is it .antenna?). It may still be alive.
You can do a search on DejaNews to get it if you can't access it
directly.
gl es 73,
Mary-Frances
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