I want to buy an antenna analyzer and have narrowed it down to two.



What is the best one to buy from these two, Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
and why?



What are the pro's and con's between these two, if any?



Thanks

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.

73 Andy


"Andy" wrote in message
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I want to buy an antenna analyzer and have narrowed it down to two.



What is the best one to buy from these two, Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi
BR-210 and why?



What are the pro's and con's between these two, if any?



Thanks

"Andy" wrote in message
...
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.

73 Andy


"Andy" wrote in message
...
I want to buy an antenna analyzer and have narrowed it down to two.



What is the best one to buy from these two, Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi
BR-210 and why?



What are the pro's and con's between these two, if any?



Thanks

Hi Andy

You can get some good comparison of analyzers from PA1ARE
http://homepages.ipact.nl/~pa1are/index.html
You will find good information in his Analyzer section.

Jerry KD6JDJ

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.

========
Using a MFJ259B ( range: 1.8 to 174 MHz) myself I use it regularly for
the following :

1) Finding settings of an antenna matching unit (I prefer NOT to use
the word 'tuner') for the various HF bands.

2) Adjusting VHF antennas (gamma match) for minimum reflected power
(SWR)

3) Determining SWR curve of an antenna within a specific freq range
(part of the technical assessment for the UK Foundation Licence)

4) Determining coax loss

5) Determining inductance of resistors at various frequencies

6) Measuring value of inductors and capacitors at different frequencies

7) Measuring resonant freq of tuned circuits (including self resonance
of inductors /RF chokes)

I find the instrumment invaluable ,even if its accuracy would be debatable.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

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

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
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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

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

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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"Andy" wrote:

I want to buy an antenna analyzer and have narrowed it down to two.



What is the best one to buy from these two, Palstar ZM30 or Kuranishi BR-210
and why?



What are the pro's and con's between these two, if any?



Thanks

hi

there are a few good analizers out there assuming you are looking at
hf frequencies,

timewave makes anice unit, as does autek

mfj as mentioned here does some nice stuff

it was a tough choice for me not to many units but they are mostly
simular features depending on the type of work you need to do one
feature vs another might make a buying point with you

however i ended up w/the aea hf analysist, i got it mostly because
it could be run on batteries or adapter could be connected to a
computer after measurements to analyze data OR be connected to pc
for simutenious readouts

it was very rugged case lookes like it was ment to be dropped and
live membrane keypad so a little water mist /dust/dirt won't
gum it up

was very easy to use had both digital and graphical readouts and
the readouts were real time so i can just watch the meater and prune
/adjust antenna

aea gave me good support

thats just my 2cents i really like the timewave i just couldn't
afford it at the time but would consider one , one day never ever
saw one used.

i think the mfj are prob the lowest cost units i forgot which
but arrl recently did a shootout of the analyzers goto the arrl web
site and search the ast article their comparisons fo all the units
were really nice

if you don't need a portable unit visit arraysolutions.com they
mike a nice vector analyer that is great youll need a pc laptop to
use portabloe


good luck