{"id":658,"date":"2015-02-03T20:49:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/?p=658"},"modified":"2022-04-06T18:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:49:17","slug":"mfj-269c-pro-analyser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/mfj-269c-pro-analyser\/","title":{"rendered":"MFJ 269C Pro Analyser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I realised fairly early on that I would need some form of antenna analyser if I was to build my own, the decision was then which one and how much to spend!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mfj269c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chatteris.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mfj269c.jpg\" alt=\"mfj269c\" width=\"171\" height=\"294\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-660\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I opted to buy the MFJ260C Pro &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.repeater-builder.com\/MFJ\/MFJ-269CPRO\/MFJ-269CPRO%20User%20Manual.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Manual<\/a> as this has all the frequency ranges that I will need and a number of very useful, added value features, such as:<br \/>\nCoax Loss measurement<br \/>\nCable Length<br \/>\nLength (distance) to open or short circuit<br \/>\nCapacitance in pico Farads<br \/>\nInductance in micro Henries<br \/>\nFrequency Counter<\/p>\n<p>The money to help pay for this came from not having to pay two months of council taxes, I ordered the unit from Ham Radio Outlet, New Hampshire, USA, their was a January promotion of a $50 reduction which eased the pain a bit!<\/p>\n<p>The meter took 4 days to reach the Parcel Force Cambridge depot where it sat until I paid \u00a364 release fee (\u00a354 VAT and \u00a38 handing fee), it would have been nice if I didn&#8217;t have to pay this, but I knew when I ordered it that it was a real possibility, nevertheless, I saved over \u00a371.00!<\/p>\n<p>Well I didn&#8217;t actually save \u00a371 as the unit needs batteries to be portable, I bought rechargeable ones as I didn&#8217;t want to keep opening the case to remove batteries when not in use, also this allows me to regularly keep the batteries charged in-situ, the downside was that these cost nearly \u00a330 &#8211; (10 AA 2000mAH batteries bought in packs of 4 from Argos).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give another write-up once I know how to turn it on \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realised fairly early on that I would need some form of antenna analyser if I was to build my own, the decision was then which one and how much to spend! 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