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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
Andy wrote:
What can the Palstar ZM30 do that the Kuranishi BR-210 can't do? I know very little about what Analysers can be used for. So any help and/or advice is welcome. Here's some comparisons based on ARRL data: http://arraysolutions.com/Products/a...op%20of%20page -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
I have done some reading on those web sites and like I said, I am very new
to this. I can't tell from the table figures what is the best ones there and why. I don't know enough about the readings in the table to know what they mean. 73 Andy "Cecil Moore" wrote in message ... Andy wrote: What can the Palstar ZM30 do that the Kuranishi BR-210 can't do? I know very little about what Analysers can be used for. So any help and/or advice is welcome. Here's some comparisons based on ARRL data: http://arraysolutions.com/Products/a...op%20of%20page -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
Andy wrote:
I don't know enough about the readings in the table to know what they mean. I know what they mean but I am happy with my MFJ-259B anyway. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
How long does the Ni-Cads take to charge in the MFJ-259B and how long will
they run for? 73 Andy "Cecil Moore" wrote in message ... Andy wrote: I don't know enough about the readings in the table to know what they mean. I know what they mean but I am happy with my MFJ-259B anyway. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
Andy wrote:
How long does the Ni-Cads take to charge in the MFJ-259B and how long will they run for? IMO, Ni-Cads are a royal pain in the neck. Instead, I use a YUASA gell cell NP1.2-12 at ~$20. I Velcro it to the MFJ-259B as it has almost the same form factor. It is easily recharged using an Astron 12v (13.8v) power supply, i.e. no "battery charger" required. After using the NP1.2-12 to power the MFJ-259B, I would NEVER go back to standard batteries. If one removes the battery holder, the NP1.2-12 will almost fit inside the MFJ-259B. When I get time, I am going to modify the MFJ to accomplish that feat. MFJ missed a selling point by not making the 259B case a couple of mm larger to accommodate a standard gell cell. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
Cecil Moore wrote:
IMO, Ni-Cads are a royal pain in the neck. Instead, I use a YUASA gell cell NP1.2-12 at ~$20. Sorry, my mistake, that is not the battery I use although it will work. The YUASA battery with the perfect form factor for the MFJ-259B is the NP2-12 at ~$48. That one failed after many years of use and I am going to replace it with an NP2.3-12 at ~$29 which is 1.7 times as thick but is higher capacity and costs 60% as much as the NP2-12. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
On May 6, 2:27*pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
Andy wrote: How long does the Ni-Cads take to charge in the MFJ-259B and how long will they run for? IMO, Ni-Cads are a royal pain in the neck. Instead, I use a YUASA gell cell NP1.2-12 at ~$20. I Velcro it to the MFJ-259B as it has almost the same form factor. It is easily recharged using an Astron 12v (13.8v) power supply, i.e. no "battery charger" required. After using the NP1.2-12 to power the MFJ-259B, I would NEVER go back to standard batteries. If one removes the battery holder, the NP1.2-12 will almost fit inside the MFJ-259B. When I get time, I am going to modify the MFJ to accomplish that feat. MFJ missed a selling point by not making the 259B case a couple of mm larger to accommodate a standard gell cell. -- 73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com I have my gel cell rigged up in a pack I can put on my belt. I also have an additional 5 and 3 volt regulator circuit so I can use the pack with my digital cameras. Even used it to inflate an air mattress. My wife wants me rig up a connection for her cellphone. I am intentionally dragging my feet on that one. Jimmie |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
Here's what I did to solve the rechargable battery issue with the
MFJ-269B antenna analyzer. The charge rate is way too slow using the internal charge circuit, so to speed up the charging process using intenral AA NiMH internal batteries, in the factory battery holder, I installed a power barrel jack on the bottom of the meter. To charge, I plug in an external charger into this new jack, and when plugged in this disconnects the batteries and charger from the unit. You can NOT simply plug a charger into the factory ext. power jack, so now my analyzer has two jacks, of DIFFERENT sizes so I do not accidently plug the wrong thing into the wrong jack. I inserted a 0.5amp fuse inside the charger, in series with the + battery wire so that if your external charger is set for too fast a charge rate the fuse will blow (e.g. I have a charger which can be set for various charge rates, for AAA to D size batteries, NiMH, etc., up to 50w total). 73, Dick N7EMW www.repdesign.us On May 6, 2:27*pm, Cecil Moore wrote: Andy wrote: How long does the Ni-Cads take to charge in the MFJ-259B and how long will they run for? IMO, Ni-Cads are a royal pain in the neck. Instead, I use a YUASA gell cell NP1.2-12 at ~$20. I Velcro it to the MFJ-259B as it has almost the same form factor. It is easily recharged using an Astron 12v (13.8v) power supply, i.e. no "battery charger" required. After using the NP1.2-12 to power the MFJ-259B, I would NEVER go back to standard batteries. If one removes the battery holder, the NP1.2-12 will almost fit inside the MFJ-259B. When I get time, I am going to modify the MFJ to accomplish that feat. MFJ missed a selling point by not making the 259B case a couple of mm larger to accommodate a standard gell cell. -- 73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
Andy wrote:
How long does the Ni-Cads take to charge in the MFJ-259B and how long will they run for? ================================================== ==== I use my MFJ-259B with an 'outboard' small 12V-0.8Ah SLA battery; never even considered internal batteries. Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH |
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Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
If I used the 12 volt external socket to supply power to the unit from a
external gel battery, would it damage the unit if there were no Ni-Cads in the unit? 73 Andy "Highland Ham" wrote in message ... Andy wrote: How long does the Ni-Cads take to charge in the MFJ-259B and how long will they run for? ================================================== ==== I use my MFJ-259B with an 'outboard' small 12V-0.8Ah SLA battery; never even considered internal batteries. Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH |
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