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Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna analyzer

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna analyzer
From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Reply-to: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:02:55 +0100
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Paul Christensen wrote:
>> Apologies for the length of this. I didn't have the time to make it
>> shorter :-)  ...or to make it even longer, because that was only part of
>> the story.
>
>Ian, thanks for the excellent summary.   That could be a classic RadCom or
>QST article on its own!
>
Hey, I'm supposed to be retired here!

(But if their people were to call my people, well then, maybe...  :-)

>I think it's worth mentioning that operation of PC-based VNA devices is not
>as intimidating as it may first seem.  The simple OSL auto-cal routine does
>much of the heavy thinking and set-up.  In speaking with other ops, many
>seem to stick within their comfort zone of a broadband detecting device, the
>"Type 1" SWR analyzer you cite.  If curiosity ends with SWR, then I suppose
>there's no need to consider a VNA.

That's right. It's something new, but you simply follow the on-screen 
instructions and by next week it'll be "the new normal".

>But, after running a few VNA sweeps, an
>entirely new world opens up with even minimal knowledge and skill.
>

That was absolutely the best thing about my first encounter with the 
N2PK VNA. It took *me* to a new level too... and not many things in ham 
radio can do that any more.



-- 

73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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