"Peter" wrote in
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I must admit I had assumed that the 269 analyzer display the sign of
the reactance, I will have to reread the ad.

Ah, you were looking for honesty in advertising!

The online guff on the MFJ259B says:
"Read Complex Impedance as series resistance and reactance (R+jX) or as
magnitude (Z) and phase (degrees)."

The MFJ259B definitely does *not* show phase angle or reactance as
negative for cases where X is actually negative.

The same words appear in the MFJ269 online page, so it may also be a
misrepresentation.

I see in the MFJ269 manual, the same pretence over the sign of phase and
reactance. It contains the words "Besides Z, an angle between zero and 90
degrees is shown. This angle represents the phase difference between
current and voltage at the terminals of the analyzer."

Of course, a phase angle between "zero and 90 degrees" does not represent
"phase difference between current and voltage at the terminals of the
analyzer" in the case of a capacitive impedance.

Honesty in advertising... think again.

Owen