Colin, my friend who I am working with on his super station just bought the
AA600 and loves it. I could probably borrow it to play around with, or I
could probably borrow one from Jay for an evaluation period.
I intend to buy the VNA 2180 at some point, but perhaps it would be better
if I picked up a 600 too, I'll have to think about that some.
73
Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: rig expert software?
for now probably the AA170 or AA600...the antscope software is the same for
all the new models from the AA30 to the AA1400...the differences being upper
frequency range as the model number indicates.
The rig experts are much nicer than the MFJ units and pricing is better.
There are older models as well that are discontinued but available on the
used market, but they all seem to use the same antscope software.
With just a brief look at the antscope software, menus are accessible, and
the main screen can be read with jaws cursor...without a unit to connect
though, no information is shown on the main screen. There are plenty of
hotkeys built in for switching modes and so on.
If not totally accessible, the software seems as though it could be scripted
or modified by someone with programming expertees to read the important
measurement info.
And, with the serial data port out of the unit, the hampod could likely be
programmed to work with the unit if you wanted a portible solution.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:35 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: rig expert software?
> Colin, which model are you talking about?
>
> 73
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: rig expert software?
>
> Has anyone here tried using the rig expert antenna analyzer, with the =
> rig expert software with a screen reader?
> I don't have the device here, but the software seems like it might be =
> usable to some extent...I'll have to borrow a unit to investigate =
> further however.
> It has serial data in and out, so even something like the hampod could =
> work with it from what I understand about how that device operates.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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