Personally, I'd rather see this instrument in a tablet size, something I can easily see; in a real metal box with Type-N connectors and sturdy switches and push-buttons. My need is for an instrument that I can carry to antenna sites for broadcast antenna work. I understand where some folks like tiny pocket size instruments, not sure why, but I'm probably going to go to something like an HP e5061B - a totally different area of an instrument. I like the 8753c or ES but they are pretty big and heavy for schleping to transmitter sites.
Burt, K6OQK
At 05:32 AM 7/29/2019, Frank S wrote
I don't think it is worth putting a Pinto engine into a Cadillac Escalade. It doesn't make it a pocket size antenna analyzer anymore
On 7/29/2019 4:51 AM, Dr. David Kirkby from Kirkby Microwave Ltd wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 06:17, kh6sky <kh6sky@...> wrote:
These cases look nice and fulfill a need but my tendency to spastically
knock stuff off the bench means I will use a larger metal box with switches
and connectors moved to the outer box. The power and control switches seem
too delicate to last. Another reason to put the unit in a box is the
delicate USB connector.
I agree entirely. I think any case should extend out *everything* so you
never put any strain on the device apart from the screen, which I can see
no way of avoiding.
So I think these should be on a case
1) RF connectors - I would use N, not SMA,
2) USB
3) Toggle switch
4) Power switch
For the LED, one could have 3 possibilities
* Small hole
* light pipe
* desolder LED and run wire.
For the battery, I guess one can get away with using the tracks on the
If the plastic case were re-enforced around the USB connector it might help
prevent disasters like mine.
I personally don???t think any amount of reinforcement is going to work as a
long term solution. That will only delay the inevitable a while.
Dave.
Dave.
Burt I. Weiner Associates
Broadcast Technical Services
Glendale, California U.S.A.
biwa@...
K6OQK
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Broadcast Technical Services
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K6OQK
Burt K6OQK