[Elecraft] Potential Elecraft Kit

Larry Phipps larry at telepostinc.com
Wed Apr 13 09:28:56 EDT 2005


I have one and it's great, definitely better than the tapr one... but I 
didn't mention it because the project is currently closed unless you are 
willing to take one of a handful of left over boards, which require 
installation of some mighty small SMD parts. The original project had 
those parts already installed.

They may get another one going, but it was a lot of work and I wouldn't 
count on it. There's also a VNA project underway in Italy, but I can't 
recall the details.

Larry N8LP


Robert McGwier wrote:

> May I suggest that people consider the N2PK Vector Network Analyzer.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/N2PK-VNA/
>
> So far, I think it is a better design and is cheaper.
>
> Bob
> N4HY
>
>
> Larry Phipps wrote:
>
>> TAPR has a nice VNA project going, www.tapr.org... it was featured in 
>> a July/August QEX. They are also going to offer it assembled I think 
>> thru Ten-Tec. It does a lot more than an antenna analyzer to boot, 
>> but requires a computer so is not portable. It does all the complex 
>> impedance measurements, but since it has its own DDS signal source, 
>> it can also display gain/loss type measurements, differential phase 
>> and gain error, etc.
>>
>> Larry N8LP
>>
>>
>>
>> Julian, G4ILO wrote:
>>
>>> If Elecraft is going to get into making kits for more sophisticated 
>>> test equipment, I'd like to see an antenna analyzer. The MFJ ones 
>>> are ridiculously overpriced over here, and it's not practical to 
>>> bypass rip-off UK dealers and buy direct because MFJ levy a 
>>> deliberately inflated international shipping charge. Besides, I'm 
>>> sure an Elecraft product would be higher quality.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>
>>
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