Checkout out products and especially the gallery of product images. This is a very cute, little analyzer with a small graphical display. This is arguably the most popular antenna analyzer on the market. Mm hamsoft includes free mininec based antenna analyzer eznec antenna software by w7el free demo will run arrl antenna book files. Nec2go simplified nec2 modeling for amateurs and professionals. The mini 60 seems to be well built, well packaged, but poorly documented. Like many companies in the amateur radio business, mfj doesnt seem to. We specialize in microcontroller applications utilizing arduino and arduino compatible processors.
Electronics, flying, amateur radio, music classic rock. Antenna analyzers provide many useful readings that aid in the tuning and efficiency optimization of an antenna system. Designed to measure impedance or standing wave ratio swr, the properly used antenna analyzer determines the details of an antennas tuning characteristics and helps maximize its performance. Ham radio mr300 160mhz digital shortwave analyzer hf. Details about sark100 ant swr antenna analyzer meter tester for ham radio with pc software 0u.
Very small, lightweight antenna analyzer for ham radio operators used to test and evaluate hf antennas. Rigexpert aa54 is powerful antenna analyzer designed for testing, checking, tuning or repairing antennas and antenna feedlines in the range of 0. Sure there are many great things about these nanovnas and if you dont already have an antenna analyzer it can be a great way to go but imo theyre not nearly as convenient for field use and things like tower top work as a dedicated antenna analyzer. Rip mfj mini 60 the android powered antenna analyzer. The uk leading supplier and distributor of communications equipment. The mfj219 antenna swr analyzer covers 420 to 450 mhz. Open source antenna analyzer for ham radio operators. They connect directly to the antenna or coaxial cable and send a very low power variable rf signal which is measured and displayed in several ways. View antenna display, showing the wires making up the model of the fiveelement beam, with currents and 2d slice superimposed to show orientation. Rip mfj mini 60 the android powered antenna analyzer oh8stn. This is a new multimode, multiplatform software for radio amateurs.
Be prepared and able to communicate in case of emergency with the largest selection at. This is a great shortwave analyzer for ham hobbyists. Sark100 ant swr antenna analyzer meter tester for ham radio with pc software 0u. Super antenna mp1c all band hf vhf ham radio portable mp1. Has anyone got a video of one of these working with the charting software. Antenna analyzers are arguably one of the most important pieces of equipment in an amateur radio station. Ham radio designs innovative gadgets for the adventurous. While it isnt a homebrew project a sark100 antenna analyzer is worth a look. The analyzer can be programmed to scan any sub band and has built in ranges for 160m, 80m, 60m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m.
For more information check out the project website and the ham radio 360 forum. Mfj has several other models with different feature sets. The sark110 series of antenna analyzers are pocket size, multipurpose precision instruments capable of analyzing antennas or networks, generating or detecting signals and performing timedomainreflectometry tdr measurements on transmission lines. Winpcc desktop app and more softwaredownload at your own risk. With 5buttons, mode, band, config, scan, up, down,you can selects operation mode, band and extended functions. Mfj269c swr antenna analyz er 530 khz 230 415470 mhz continuous coverage.
Some analyzers simply show swr and combined impedance on a single adjustable frequency. Antenna software at large collection of radio related software at web site antenna solver provides much greater flexibility in the construction, analysis, and interpretation of radiating structures using a rewritten nec module. Hams prefer rigexpert portable lightweight analyzers with superior performance. This design uses an analog devices direct digital synthesis signal generator and an arduino to sweep the hf bands to find the lowest swr. I took two cables to start with to try and understand what it shows and what the graphs mean. I named it the boris beacon, in tribute to my neighbors cat. Mini60 ham radio antenna swr impedance analyzer youtube.
Antenna analyzers are designed for testing, checking, tuning or repairing antennas and. Antenna analyzer i show you how to use an mfj 259269 antenna analyzer to check your antenna for swr and resonance. Sark100 ant swr antenna analyzer meter tester for ham. I recently acquired a rigexpert antenna analyzer and i am trying to learn how to use it to test cables. Kb1oiq aaanalyzer aaanalyzer is a perl script written by kb1oiq which collects data from a. Antenna analysers, buy new and used products from ham. Its a clone of a clone of a clone of the sark100 antenna analyzer. The default baudrate is 57600, 8 bit, 1 stop bit, no handshake.
It differs from the other analyzers in this blog post in that version 3 uses an si5351 module instead of the ad9850. Other than asking a fellow ham, how does one find out which one is the best antenna analyzer without paying an arm and a leg unless the features so purchased are deemed worth the cost. Remote ham radio licensing exams are absolutely permitted. Antenna analyzer, ham antenna analyzer, asixx antenna analyzer ham radio mr300 digital shortwave antenna analyzer meter tester 160m for ham radio. In this video, i show you how to setup the mini 60. Our goal is to provide the amateur radio community with innovative and yet easy to access products based on the latest technology. Has a rechargeable internal battery, long battery life, minib usb connection for connecting to a pc and you can also buy one with bluetooth bt capability. Commercial antenna analyzers cost way too much, and dont really show you your antenna characteristics in a user friendly way. The ham radio workbench k6bez antenna analyzer is a diy swr meter for analyzing the swr of your hf antennas. Typical applications include antenna verification and adjustment, impedance matching. Homebrew an antenna analyzer nashua area radio society. Antenna analyzers are designed for testing, checking, tuning or repairing antennas and antenna feedlines. Erp calculator plus erp calculator is an amateur radio software utility designed to perform a sidebyside comparison of two ham radio antenna systems.
I could be wrong, but the conclusion ive come to is that any antenna analyzer thats cheaper than an antenna tuner isnt quite useful. Ham radio mr300 160mhz digital shortwave analyzer hf antenna meter tester tool description. This arduinobased aa gives you graphical and numeric performance results at a fraction of those highpriced units and you can both build it yourself and even customize it if you wish. Mr300 antenna analyzer from banggood mr300 digital shortwave antenna. It is powered by dc external power connector with 2. I kept it indoors, powered from a small solar panel in the window, and feeding an antenna of. Rigexpert antenna analyzers, transceiver interfaces. Someone in the twitter thread turned me on to this antenna analyzer. K6bez antenna analyzer ham radio workbench podcast. Erp calculator comes preprogrammed with data files including published data for several popular brands and types of coax cable as well as several popular antenna system brands and models. If you get a automatic tuner, make a halfwave centerfed dipole thats roughly resonant on the lowest band you want to operate, with correctly laidout ladderline as your feedline, youll be ahead money and time because itll operate with. The eu1ky antenna analyzer is an open source design, and all of the documentation is available on the website. What antenna analyzer should i get for building my own.
I guess it would be fair to say that the uv5r is not representative of all of the chinese ham radio products imported into the west. In this post from may of last year, i detailed the construction of a 1mw solarpowered hifer beacon. Hi all, after first few tests of the analyzer alone i tried to connect. Antenna analyzer meter 160mhz shortwave swr antenna analyzer with 1. Mini60 sark100 desktop pc application analyzing my tribander. Rigexpert aa230 zoom antenna analyzer 100 khz to 230 mhz new in box guaranteed. This weeks episode explores antenna analyzers and things you can do with them, including measuring coax loss. The sark100 is ad9850 dds based and with the ak4r pc software comes close to the functionality of the aa55 zoom and for certain tests is more accurate.
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