[Antennas] Re: Antennas digest, Vol 4 #281 - 1 msg

Robert Block [email protected]
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 15:31:19 -0500


I have one and I'm delighted with it.  I don't own any of the others so I 
can't compare.   It has a lot of features, runs for a good long time of 
ordinary batteries and it's small and convenient.

Now if you just happen to have an HP Vector Impedance meter that you'd 
like to get rid of ...

73
Bob Block
W2SR

> From: "Mike Rhodes" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:51:18 -0500
> Subject: [Antennas] Autek VA1 Owners/Users ?
> 
> Just  wondering how you like the VA1 and if you have compared it to 
anything
> else? Read the mixed reviews on e-ham and get the impression that it is 
a
> very nice unit - when it works - which may not be too long, that the
> constructon and quality control is somewhat shakey, and that the 
warranty
> may not be worth the paper it is written on. Geesh, why am I still 
looking
> at this thing? Guess it is because there doesn't seem to be much middle
> ground in the e-ham reviews. Seems like things are either the greatest 
thing
> since (insert your favorite here) or the biggest piece of crap 
imaginable.
> So how about some real world opinions.
> 
> Tnx & 73 de
> Mike / W8DN