[Elecraft] KX2 Antenna Analyzer Program

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Mon Feb 19 18:52:04 EST 2018


Antenna Z?  I think you meant "Impedance at the ATU antenna connector?"

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 2/19/2018 3:02 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> I’m pretty sure that Wizkers:Radio can do an SWR scan. I did that with an earlier version of the program.
>
> http://wizkers.github.io/wizkers-doc/ins/elecraft-kx3/
>
> An antenna analyzer does a lot more, but an SWR scan is handy.
>
> Hmm, because you can read back the L-C combinations from the ATU, you could estimate the antenna Z from the conjugate match. That would be a lot more like an antenna analyzer.
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
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>> On Feb 19, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Jim Sr Sturges <jwsturges at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I saw and carefully bookmarked an article on a software utility that would
>> allow the KX2 to act as an antenna analyzer. And lost the bookmark.
>>
>> Unless that was a dream/fantasy, would someone kindly Elmer me along and
>> remind me where that resource is? My considerable googling skills have
>> proved for nought.
>>
>> Many thanks and 73,
>>
>> Jim N3SZ
>> -- 
>> Jim Sturges, N3SZ
>> Amateur Radio operators do it with frequency.
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