Here is the link for Pre-Order and costs on the SteppIR website...
http://www.prestosell.com/cgi-bin/order.pl?ref=Fluidmotion&fm=14
73 Rich N7TR
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete
Smith N4ZR
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 7:14 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ226 / SARK110
It's a little frustrating. Salivating over it, I tried to find out the price
for the SARK-110, but alas, the seedstudio store's url doesn't work and the US
distributor, SteppIR, doesn't give any price or how-to-buy information.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 7/8/2015 9:22 AM, Roger Parsons via TowerTalk wrote:
> I have a SARK110. It is beautiful!
>
> It has a cast aluminium body, rather like a high end cellphone. The RF
> connector is an MMX which is pretty small - they do supply a short extension
> lead with a BNC on the end, but I agree that this is probably its weakest
> point. (My friend John, G3PQA, has had one for a year or so and he uses a
> longer very flexible extension lead with a BNC on the end. That way he
> doesn't have to unplug the MMX. The SARK can self calibrate to take out the
> effect of a long test lead.) All of the controls are quite small and the
> menus are nested, so there is definitely a learning curve, but I have pretty
> much come to grips with that now.
>
> It seems to be very accurate - I had some hardline which I assumed had a VF
> of 0.83, but the SARK said it was 0.89. I eventually found the cable specs on
> the net and sure enough the SARK was correct.
>
>
> The display is full colour and pretty. There are some pretty neat features
> like being able to scan four definable frequency bands simultaneously -
> rather nice for adjusting a multiband antenna - although I confess that I
> haven't tried that yet.
>
> It is a totally stand alone unit, but can interface to a PC via USB - there
> some extra functions then available.
>
>
> I haven't looked closely at the MFJ226, but if its construction is anything
> like my old MFJ259, that and the SARK are chalk and cheese.
>
> The unit is designed in Spain, but is manufactured by SEEED Studios in China.
> I bought mine direct from China as there is/was? no distributor in Canada,
> and that was also a bit cheaper.
>
> I have no connection whatever with the manufacturer or designer except as a
> very happy customer.
>
> 73 Roger
> VE3ZI
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