"Ian Wade G3NRW" wrote in message
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I assume you are talking about the AIM Forum, he

http://aim4150.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=analyzer

Yes, there are many questions about AIM4170 operation there, but look
closely at the dates of the messages. Most of them are now very old. The
software has settled down very nicely now, and the instrument is indeed
very easy to set up and use.

To find out all the information you need, download the latest version of
the software (currently in AIM_846.zip), from he

http://www.w5big.com/prog_update.htm

The download contains the AIM software (which you can run in demo mode
without the AIM hardware), plus the manual.


The AIM4170 Antenna Analyzer:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wadei/aim4170.htm

Thanks, Ian,

I did look at the forum briefly, but my reference was to this page
http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/AIM4170.htm and one
or two links out. There were fleeting references to several operating
systems versions, as well as talk about USB-to-COM-port adaptation,
which scares me. (Never tried it; numerous horror stories are extant.)

I gleaned no real knowledge as to what I needed to buy to make it
work with both my WinXP box in the shack or my WinVista laptop.

I'll grab the software, load it and take it for a drive. It's not that I'm
some
Chicken-S kid who needs a lot of hand holding. (I have seven computers,
running everything from DOS 5.0 to Vista, with Mac OS 10.5 and Ubuntu
Linux thrown in.) I just don't want to spend $700+ for a leap into the
abyss.

Thanks for the advice.

"Sal"
(KD6VKW)