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just wanting to know if this will be a cheap good Antenna/SWR Analyzer I dont care about the freq counter one...

MFJ-207 10 - 160 Meter Antenna/SWR Analyzer
99 bucks + 12 shipping...
unless anyone has one to sell or something just as this

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I see two problems with it. One,the frequency resolution is rather coarse but you could always listen on a receiver to know the exact freq you are tuned too. Second, it only reads SWR which only tells you half the story of what your antenna is tuned like. You have no idea if that 1.5:1 reading is because the antennna presents a pure 75 ohms, a pure 32 ohms or some weird combination of resistance and reactance that makes up an SWR of 1.5:1. It will also not show you if the antenna is resonant or not. Remember an antenna can be resonant even when the impedance is other than 50 ohms.

I understand all that. well that pretty much sucks for 99 bucks + 12 for shipping..lol as I can do that by hand seting my SWR for channel 20 using my SWR meter then checking 4up and 4 down to see if channel 20 is my resonance channel...as for ohms well its the starduster M-400 which should be 50ohms....
thanks for the info and I will be saving for a bigger one

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Cobra 148GTL
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Homemade 8 pill running 18 volts
Brute force 350
Maco V5000
Spitfire 427 3 element beam

I read some reviews on eham.net after I posted above and there were a lot of negative comments about it.Basically it is just an SWR meter. I have the MFJ-269 and although not cheap by any standards especially up here,I am glad I bought it. It does SOOOO much more than read antenna SWR or impedance. I used it to make coaxial stubs and traps as well as tuned feeders and it is a snap to do so when using it.

cool I am looking at a MFJ 259B he is willing to sell it cheaper then mfj so far but i got to wait for the weekend to get a price

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Brute force 350
Maco V5000
Spitfire 427 3 element beam

Good choice. The 259B is the same as the 269 but without the 400-470MHz UHF range.