[Towertalk] Antenna Analyzer Suggestions?

[Tom Rauch]

> case I'd hate to drop it.  Finally, I have found the RF-1's battery
> use to be very good, while the MFJ is relatively big and heavy, has a
> steel case, and eats batteries by the 10-pack.

While it is big and heavy, it has an aluminum case.

As for batteries...anyone who uses dry cells in this day and age 
deserves to pay for batteries! 90% of the battery current goes to RF 
output, which is necessary to try to overcome BC interference.

The MFJ-259 has a built in trickle charger. The last time I replaced 
batteries in one was never, because I use nicads.

A really nice feature is "distance to fault". I had a problem in a 
2500-foot cable to a receiving antenna today, and that mode sent me 
directly to the connector that was bad! What a time saver!

The nicads last a few hours of continuous use, and if you do not move 
the frequency knob the unit goes to sleep and will last for over a 
day while accidentally left on.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com