[TowerTalk] More Radials = Higher SWR???

[David Gilbert]

Per my previous post, I prefer the FA-VA5 as well ... and it is about 
half the cost of the Rig Expert.

One of it's nice features is the 5-band SWR display for checking which 
coax lines go to which antenna.  I obviously don't have to use that very 
often, but when I'm changing things around it can be pretty handy.

73,
Dave  AB7E



On 2/8/2023 4:10 PM, Wes Stewart via TowerTalk wrote:
>   I have an original N2PK VNA, a Rig Expert AA-55 Zoom VIA, a DG8SA VNWA and a DG5MK FA-VA5 VIA.
> For field use, if you can get by operating a fairly complicated instrument with just three buttons, the latter is the best of the bunch IMHO.
>
> 1)  It is very portable2)  It can be OSL calibrated over its full frequency range one time (similar to a master cal in the DG8SAQ)3)  It displays SWR, Smith Chart and tabular values.
> 4)  Multiple measurements can be saved and imported via USB to the VMWA software, which is amazing.
> 5)  It can be a "test head" operated with the VNWA software.6)  And not least, you can read the display in sunlight, although this is a time when I need my bifocals.
> Wes  N7WS