[Elecraft] KX2 Antenna Analyzer Program

[Walter Underwood]

Wizkers:Radio works with the KX2. Here is the main page instead of the KX3 documentation.

http://www.wizkers.io/wizkersradio/

I’ll ask Ed about the SWR function, because I know it worked. Ah, found the original forum discussion where I asked him to add it. That includes the screenshot.

http://forum.wizkers.io/t/swr-sweep-with-wizkers-and-kx3/43

wunder
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> On Feb 19, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Jim Sr Sturges <jwsturges at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks to everyone. The Wizkers appears to want to work with the Elecraft 100W amp, not the KX2. The KX3 is supported, but not the 2 and I couldn’t find the “sweep” functionality for the 3. 
> 
> I will continue to search. 
> 
> And I will call it an antenna sweeping thingy in order not to offend. 
> 
> Thanks, again. 
> 
> 73
> 
> Jim N3SZ
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 7:31 PM Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org <mailto:wunder at wunderwood.org>> wrote:
> I know, I was going to fix that, but it was already too complicated. It would be measuring the same thing that an “antenna” analyzer measured when connected to the same terminal.
> 
> The common terminology is such a disaster that it is tiring to fight it.
> 
> wunder
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> > On Feb 19, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net <mailto:k6dgw at foothill.net>> wrote:
> >
> > 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/ <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
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> >>> On Feb 19, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Jim Sr Sturges <jwsturges at gmail.com <mailto: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
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