inexpensive Antenna Analyzer

[BOOTY MONSTER]

found this over at cheapham.com .
http://cheapham.com/Meters.html

Frequency Range: 2.6MHz~65MHz
RF Output Level: 2Vp-p
SWR Range: 1~10(Freq<30MHz), 1~6(Freq >=30MHz)
Impedance Range: 10-200ohm

Displays Frequency, Impedance and SWR
Battery: 8 * AA Alkaline Battery (supplied with AC Adapter and power cable - batteries not included)
Power Consumption: <= 160mA

Includes AC Adapter
A terrific analyzer at an incredible Cheapham Price !
CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
Your discounted price $139.95
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does anyone know if its worth a flip ? i know the MFJs' do a crap load of different stuff .
does this do more than just display FQ. , swr and impedance ?

 

[W5LZ]

That's all it says it does, so I'm not too sure I'd expect anything more. But then, that's all the early MFJ analyzers did too (the '239'? can't remember the number). Really, just means that the user has to do some more figuring rather than the meter doing it for him.
If you look at it like it only being half the price as the MFJ analyzer, you can buy a lot of 'Big Chief' tablets and No.2 pencils for over a $100 dollars and end up with about the same information! Means you gotta use that biological computer instead of an electrical one though. I remember doing that once! May also be why I spent that extra $$ on the MFJ thingy. Probably had something to do with sweat under all that hair... don't remember.
- 'Doc

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

i couldnt really buy either on my budget . but the price caught my eye so i thought id ask . thought it may be of intrest to others (as well as being curious myself) if it was something worth while , but i do that fairly often......

thanks doc.

 

[Moleculo]

The stuff it does is what a lot of people need to do most of the time, especially for doing basic installations. Seems like a fair price.

 

[Wire Weasel]

For the price you can find a used 259b and get the extra features and up to 170mhz

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Can't speak about the analyzer but I noticed that those Jet Stream meters look EXACTLY like the much more expensive Diamond meters.

 

[Cajun Invader]

CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK

Your discounted price $139.95

 

[W5LZ]

Out of stock? RATS! And I was gonna get 4 or 5 of them. Ain't it a shame?
- 'Doc

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

i saw that CC but i figgured it would be back in stock .