MFJ-259C Analyzer Mini-Manual by Nifty Accessories

hi Randi k7a ge going to talk about antenna analyzers a little bit today MFJ so many different analyzers there 259 series and there's several variations is very popular I have a 269 which is basically the same thing but covers 70 centimeters so these antenna analyzers offer a lot of different test functionality but when we're going to look at today is frequency and SWR when you're putting up a new antenna you want to check to see where the antennas resonant make sure it's where you had thought it was going to be and the analyzer helps you measure that and determine if you need to make it longer or shorter so the alternative to an antenna analyzer is an SWR bridge or meter or the SWR meter in your radio although these require you the transmit antenna analyzers nice because it's off air it's also makes it easy to take out in the field versus taking your radio out so we'll look at an SWR m