Brian Reay wrote:
On 24/01/16 12:47, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
Rambo wrote:


Has tht worthy insrument noe died-the-death in the face of developments
such as N2PK and VNWA, and antennae analysers from the llikes of MFJ?


Yes..when one can get a Sark100 for less than £60

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-ANT-S...AOSwPhdVHCW ~

That is a good price. Is this bit of kit worth it though, Rich, or is it
knock off tat? You used one of these before?


Looking at the block diagram, in theory it should be a capable bit of
kit- it has all the right HW to do the job. Assuming they've married this
with appropriate SW, it should be fine. At worst you may need to do some
calibration, which shouldn't be too difficult.

As a general rule, the 'knock offs' (we used to say Chinese copies but
they are nearly all made in China these days ;-) ), tend to fall down
when it comes to the user interface and sometimes build quality.

It has a USB port which seems to be limited to configuration and SW
updates (assuming these are forthcoming). It is a pity it isn't also able
to support graph plotting etc.

Also, that model only goes to 60MHz, of course there may be one which covers 2m and 70cm.


Cheers. It has the "Make Offer" option so I've put in a low-ball offer,
let's see if they bite!


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