Re: OT: Need Antenna Tuning Help

Posted by Hisashi T Fujinaka on Mar 08, 2012; 9:25pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/OT-Need-Antenna-Tuning-Help-tp7327188p7356295.html

On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Tony Estep wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:54 AM, WILLIS COOKE <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> I wouldn't have mentioned it Jim, except Tony's funny comment muddied the water...
> ===========
> Yeah, there's always some smart-aleck to confuse the issue. But
> seriously, I don't see why MFJ couldn't put a minus sign or something
> on the display. My cheapo Autek gadget (<$100 on ebay) tells you
> series and parallel reactance with sign, equivalent C, equivalent L,
> phase angle, and some other stuff as well as SWR. I'm not an
> MFJ-basher; I have been happy with all the MFJ stuff I have. But in
> this case IMHO they left out some worthwhile functionality.

Look at the different analyzer comparisons and you'll notice that a lot
of them do NOT have the sign of the reactance. My buddy bought the Autek
back in the day because of that reason and it was several hundred
dollars.

I just bought a Rig Expert for the same sort of reasons.

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Hisashi T Fujinaka - [hidden email]
BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte
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