<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I purchased a RigExpert AA-54 earlier this year and love it! It's handheld and does everything that I need and more.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Not only will it scan any range you need within 0-54 mHz (the less expensive AA-30 goes to 30 mHz), it will scan three different frequency segments at the same time if you were to use it to check a tribander.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">With the software that comes with it, you can store graphs on your computer through the built-in USB port and look back to see what your antenna was like at an earlier time, etc.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">I did some screenshots of the graphs that are produced by AntScope software that comes with the analyzer <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>when I was converting a KT36 to a KT34. You can see these graphs here:</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><A style="RIGHT: auto" href="http://aa5au.com/antennas/kt34m2/kt34m2_swr_scans_110206.html">http://aa5au.com/antennas/kt34m2/kt34m2_swr_scans_110206.html</A></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">73, Don AA5AU</SPAN></div>
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<div class=yiv487331072MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’m curious – which antenna analyzer do you prefer for portable use? And why?</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=yiv487331072MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My best guess is the MFJ-259 type is the most common, perhaps because of price.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=yiv487331072MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I’ve used MFJ types, and suppose they are ok. I’ve also used the AIM 4170, which is a great piece of gear, but it is not portable. If all measurements were from the shack, there is no doubt that I would buy one right away.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=yiv487331072MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I like to know what is happening across a range of frequencies, not just at a single point. I want to know the sign of j as well as the phase angle. I need a device that can be used to tune filters/coax stubs.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=yiv487331072MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">What is your input?</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=yiv487331072MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">--Scott, W5WZ</SPAN></FONT></div>
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