In order to facilitate the development of client software, it is provided a windows dll. Turn on your antenna analyzer and connect it to your antenna. Unlicensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code. For mac os and linux, select serial device name and analyzer type in the configure menu. Here is the link to the donload and compilation instructions for linux linux application. Lines of bearing are automatically transmitted from the antenna to signalvupc map software, enabling fast triangulation on interference sources. For example, what sold me first on the autek va1 and then on the palstar was that they also measured reactance.
Rtsa suite pro software the new rtsasuite pro is a powerful realtime spectrum analysis software that enables the integration of various hardware components and their use for evaluation. The sark100 antenna analyzer i bought also has the option to be controlled over an usb interface other versions even have bluetooth support. Thus, the aartos system can be modularly designed and controlled. How to install the sark100 mini60 analyzer software in linux mint 18. Parameters are similar to known rigexpert aa170, but colour tft lcd and some features outperform it in usability. Received some aa143 diodes in the mail from kn5ute, tried these out and there was a slight improvement at the 30mhz end compared to the 1n60a diodes. I have made a program that scans the sark100 and plot the swr vs frequency. Controlling the sark100 antenna analyzer from linux 20170614. This is a new multimode, multiplatform software for radio amateurs. Remotely control and view swr graphs of your sark100 or mini60 antenna analyzer from your pc coddingtonbearsark100antennaanalyzer. Asap antenna scatterers analysis program, is a free general purpose antenna analysis software program for numerical electromagnetic antenna design, modeling and analysis. Build your own cheap antenna analyser electronicslab. I made my own calculations to solve the negative reactance.
Desktopspectrum analyzer in a milled aluminum housing pcmac linux analyzer software on cd omnilog 90200 antenna only hf v4 x international power supply aaronia usbcable aluminum transportcase cleaning brush scope of delivery w w w w w w w the included pc pro analyzer software for the spectran x desktop spectrum analyzer offers a huge. This software is available at github at the following link. This application includes the source code for interfacing with the sark110, which can be used for developing other applications. Introduction the ham radio workbench k6bez antenna analyzer is a diy swr meter for analyzing the swr of your hf antennas. Ibp beacon monitor linux program that helps one with monitoring the beacons of the international beacon project, by continuously showing which beacon is transmitting on which frequency, along with the distance and antenna directions by pa3fwm jack audio pop take the audio output of one piece of software and send it to another. This is my forkclone of the famous antenna analyzer from k6bez. Usb port connects to pc for fieldupgradeable software and uploading of realtime measurement data. Construction of the project is very simple and the freqshow python software is provided as a simple download that is ready to run once the rtlsdr is installed on the raspberry pi. A quick look at the mfj266 feature tech aw07a antenna analyzer. What i have done is to make this analyzer a little more convenient from my perspective. I must admit that they are many different designs in the internet most of them based on the work of k6bez, resulting in different versions of arduino code and. Software we are offering various software, such as standalone programs or programs to support our hardware products. Antenna analyzers provide many useful readings that aid in the tuning and efficiency optimization of an antenna system.
Aaz0217mx is a simple single board usb antenna analyzer using si5351 signal source generator chip and a return loss bridge, for measurement by a log amplifier ad8307 and a. The nashua area radio society is a special service organization of. Any reuse or redistribution of the contents of this website are strictly forbidden without authorization from mfj enterprises, inc. The sark100 is ad9850 dds based and with the ak4r pc software comes close to the functionality of the aa55 zoom and for certain tests is more accurate. Hams prefer rigexpert portable lightweight analyzers with superior performance. The analyzer is comprised of a single doublesided printer circuit board pcb 145mm x 81mm containing all components, controls, and a 2x16 lcd display with. The sark100 swr analyzer is a measurement instrument which determines antenna system performance across the hf6m amateur bands through use of automatically collected swr and complex impedance readings. Palstar also says that you can use the zm3 as a lowlevel signal source. Upgraded software for the w8teek2zia antenna analyzer version 03. The sheer fact that the stm32 microcontroller has dedicated dsp hardware and functions, and that the eu1ky software utilizing them, cannot be overlooked and honestly makes any antenna analyzer based off the atmega2560 look like a toy in comparison. Kb1oiq aaanalyzer rigexpert aaxxx antenna analyzer data extraction tool aa analyzer is a perl script written by kb1oiq which collects data from a rigexpert aaxxx antenna analyzer and outputs it as a csv file, which can be imported into any spreadsheet program. The vk3yykn5ute software can be found the software is in the files section of yahoo groups k6bez antenna analyser. Controlling the sark100 antenna analyzer from linux 2017.
Over usb it is possible to automate the measurements and have the results returned to the controlling computer. Free linux graphing software for sark 100mini 60 antenna analyzer. They connect directly to the antenna or coaxial cable and send a very low power variable rf signal which is measured and displayed in several ways. The sark100 is a swr analyzer and the range is from 160m to 6m. General software updates for the vnwa 3 and the vnwa 3ec are made available several times a year, and announced on the dg8saq vnwa forum. Source code and windows executables are available to download. Qtantennaanalyzer is an open source client software developed by jeremy burton. Qtantennaanalyzer is a complete open source application that runs on windows and linux. K6bez antenna analyzer ham radio workbench podcast. These programs run on an attached computer and add a number of useful features, including a graphical user interface that makes the analyzer accessible for visionimpaired amateur radio operators who can use a computer screen. Software for spectrum analyzers and more aaronia ag. Swr, impedance, resistance, reactance,phase angle, complex return loss, smith chart sign of reactance amazing accuracy with oslopenshortload calibration.
This design uses an analog devices direct digital synthesis signal generator and an arduino to sweep the hf bands to find the lowest swr. Use your antenna analyzer to test ferrite chokes kb6nus. Antenna analyzers are designed for testing, checking, tuning or repairing antennas and antenna feedlines. Description new bluetooth android verison mini60s update for mini60 1 60 mhz hf ant swr antenna analyzer meter c4006. Antscope is a companion program for rigexpert antenna analyzers. The software gui contains configuration buttons on the right side and 2axis plane, which. All information, images, and documents on this website are the sole property of mfj enterprises, inc.
Home forums technical forums homebrew and kit projects k6bez antenna analyzer 360 workbench flavor. Several methods exist for modeling the electromagnetic fields around. Antenna, swr, analyzer, meter, mini60, 1 60 mhz, bluetooth. Homebrew an antenna analyzer nashua area radio society. If it is mix 43, the inductive reactance will be approximately 500 ohms. Antscope and aaplot are control software for rigexpert antenna analyzers. Kb1oiq aaanalyzer aaanalyzer is a perl script written by kb1oiq which collects data from a rigexpert aaxxx. Adafruit has released a tutorial showing how to build a portable tft screen based raspberry pi rtlsdr spectrum analyzer that was inspired by the hackrf portapack. Please feel free to distribute it, hack it, or do anything else you like to it.
Connect your analyzer to the pc as described in section 1 of this manual. Mr300 antenna analyzer from banggood mr300 digital shortwave antenna analyzer meter tester wholesale. Has anybody who has built this hf antenna analyzer had any luck running it with linux software. So, you can use the antenna analyzer as an lc meter as well. An antenna analyzer is a nice tool for the shack, although not used constantly its the easiest way to test an antenna. The installer includes helpfile, drivers, and firmware for microsoft windows. Tft capacitive touch screen antenna counter mini600 0. In terms of performance per dollar this kit beats any 8bit microcontroller based antenna analyzer. Mr300 antenna analyzer,acogedor mr300 digital shortwave antenna analyzer meter tester 160m for ham radio for standing wave, impedance, capacitance,antenna graphic analysis.
A license with no conditions whatsoever which dedicates works to the public domain. Under windows, the program will automatically detect the virtual com port number as well as the analyzer type. For this article, i want to introduce a piece of software ive actually used. Mixw is a universal software for ham radio operators. Now i only run linux on my pcs so i wanted something native, and this is the result graphing software for sark100 antenna analyzer and clones like mini60 for the linux platform. Run the installer program located in installer linux folder. When combined with a tektronix usb spectrum analyzer, the alaris dfa0047 direction finding antenna, offered by tektronix, makes interference hunting easy. I usually dont have an issue with getting it to compile but i figured i would do a little how to to get it up and running on linux mint 18. Unlicensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and. Use qt creator to build the software from linux or windows. This program should work on mac osx and may work on windows with a little tweeking. The mini60 and mr100 also works with this software. Upgraded software for the w8teek2zia antenna analyzer.
New bluetooth android verison mini60s update for mini60 hf. Set the frequency to 2 mhz, and measure the reactance. View antenna display, showing the wires making up the model of the fiveelement beam, with currents and 2d slice superimposed to show orientation. New rtlsdr spectrum analyzer software recently a reader of, pavel wrote in to let us know about a new program called spektrum which he has written. The eu1ky antenna analyzer is an open source project to build your own, reasonably cheap but very functional antenna analyzer that is a handful tool for tuning coaxfed shortwave ham radio and cb antennas. The initial purpose of this project was connecting the sark110 antenna analyzer to a. Antenna swr analyzer mini60 1 60 mhz with bluetooth. Sark100 mini60 analyzer software if you have a sark100 or a mini60 they are essentially the same and use linux you can use an opensource software to run the analyzer and get decent graphs. This may also work on windows with a little tweeking in the serial functions, since i used native linuxposix serial handling for all sorts of reasons. Discussion in homebrew and kit projects started by k3rld, feb 26, 2018. One nice feature is the pc interface which makes it possible to do some automation. Coax dipole calculator an efficient program to calculate dimensions of coax dipoles.
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