RigExpert Stick Pro - Portable Antenna Analyzer

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[@K3JRZOnTheAir]

I bought one of these a few months ago and I love. My first antenna analyzer. Still need to learn how to use it better. I’ll have to watch this video a few times!

[@morganw02]

Thanks for the in-depth walk-through on this!

[@colinsphoneemail]

I bought one a couple days ago. I love the stick pro little pricey but it definitely help me square out the problems with my antennas for HF on the semi truck

[@lmaoroflcopter]

Well. I've got an ancient mfj 8 AA battery big project box clone thing and thanks to this video just pulled the trigger on a rigexpert stick pro :) kept browsing but kept coming back to your video and just seeing how seamless it was in operation in comparison to the incredibly frustrating mfj thing I've got now, it won me over. Its robustness won me over on the nanovna front.

[@scanflight]

English: I use it on Mac and PC with AntScope 2 Perfect for measuring my antennas and very practical to use at the top of the mast with the strap well attached to the wrist French: Je l'utilise sur Mac et PC avec AntScope 2.Parfait pour mesurer mes antennes et très pratique à utiliser en haut du mat avec la courroie bien attachée au poignet

[@davidwilcox9110]

I love it! I have the RE 600 and it was easier to learn but is larger and the Stick Pro has a few more features. Expensive, but you get what you pay for. Something that a club could purchase and have a designated operator for field day and also helping new hams get an antenna up and get on the air. Also for tuning a repeater antenna and checking the feed line up the tower on your repeater.

[@TheNoCodeTech]

TeamReplay for the win. Loyal 1x crew. Great video man, cool little analyzer

[@ronleblanc9832]

Realley nice piece of equipment

[@off-trailseeking3965]

Looking for the video you mentioned on reading Smith Charts....? Very informative video! Thanks

[@d.b.cooper]

I love my rig expert stick pro!

[@rickgruber5060]

Thanks for the review. I threw one in my cart at HRO while watching and purchased it. Looks like a great feature packed item. FINALLY they made one that is reasonably priced and covers nearly all the bands.

[@DonzLockz]

I love it, added it to my wishlist. Stock arriving late May, surprising they can still get stock coming here in Australia.🤔

[@Brighamdoc]

I have the blue stick Love it and use it so often. It always goes with me on SOTA POTA

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Nice

[@bruhzooka]

Thanks!

[@NamasenITN]

Easy to use. How does it compare in terms of measure accuracy or reproducibility? Aren't those the key information that - probably for the sake of time - were left unfortunately out?

[@angrymechanic3333]

Appreciate you bud!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thanks!

[@ww1www]

I wish you put the AA170 and this stick side by side for size comparison. I have an AA230 which I love, but it is a bit too bulky for travels, also, omce every few years I would like to check a 70cm antenna, so I am thinking of this device.

[@Bill-HRT]

I have the blue stick. I love it. While I appreciate the price and versatility of my nano vna, the built-in functionality of the stick, the display, and the durability and ruggedness have relegated my nano vna to home use. The nano vna had me pulling my hair out trying to see its display in the Texas or Arizona daylight/sunlight. The stick has a clearer display in various conditions. The nano is almost delicate when compared to the Stick.

[@forgetyourlife]

The blue stick also comes in Khaki, wish i knew tht b4 i got mine.

[@mikepowell5488]

Ok question, I've been looking at this item but stuck on if it'd be better to get something like the AA 650 or AA 1000?

[@jimdarrough1732]

Can I view TDR on my cellphone using Antscope?

[@TingILi]

How accurate is the SWR number compared with the Bird meter or some other big brand's Network analyzer instrument?

[@dennisschultz1175]

I have the aa-55 zoom but the display fades in sunlight. How is this display in the sun?

[@AlejandroGonzalez-AGS]

Nice review…a little too fast to understand fully! Just purchased one…need to dive in! Looks like a incredible unit. Cheers..

[@Superzvision]

Hey Josh, have you tried the Range of the Blutooth connectivity to your phone with the stick pro, How far can you go and still be able to read and control the stick pro from the app? Example: adjusting an antenna on the roof and the rigexpert inside the house connected to the other end of the coax, say like 25 to 30 feet away. Thank you. KD9JMQ. 73's.

[@AndrewTalbert]

I bought one and I like it. I wish they had an optional long cap to leave the adapter on!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Good idea there!

[@JoeInMemphis]

I bought the stick pro after watching quite a few videos, and nobody mentioned its main shortcoming... NO FREQUENCY COUNTER! I bought it to reduce my kit since it is smaller than my MFJ 269D, but guess what, I still have to take the MFJ 269D with me for the frequency counter feature. Also, the Bluetooth is VERY short range, like one car length, and drops out easily, so the stick pro has become the backup at home in a drawer to the 269D.

[@SteveH-TN]

Appreciate you taking the time and efforts to share this video & information. I just ordered this Rig Expert Pro with Bluetooth so I can see a larger display screen using the AntScope app. ( only have watched a KZbin video demonstrating the app ) Besides this video, much of which is beyond my understanding or experience, knowledge. I’ll be reviewing this video again, I sure ! 73 Steve AA4SH 73 Steve AA4SH

[@KB1HQS]

This looks like a nice replacement for my NanoVNA.

[@southernexposure123]

I keep wondering why when a lot of people say something, maybe they think it's pretty important, they decrease the volume of their voice by about 10 dB. I can hear really well, but many times the ads on channels are 10dB higher in volume than the video audio. I guess I'm too grumpy today?

[@Ben--David]

Wish it worked that that well in RLF. I have a Samsung Galaxy A52 5G, yes 2020 model, and like so many other reviewers, the bluetooth just keeps dying. Makes it worthless for use with an Android.

[@angelscomputers]

Can I check 2 frequencies at the time? example 2mm and 70cm so I can see if I screw up one band trying to fix the other one.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

No. You switch back and forth. I don’t know of an analyzer that will do two.

[@angelscomputers]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Im sorry, I may didnt explained myself because almost ALL RigExperts analysers like my AA-55 Zoom have it. Even your AA-170 have it, is called MultiSWR where you can watch the SWR of multiple bans at the same time. I really use that feature and love it so I need to know if the Stick Pro have it. I just looked online for the Manual of the Stick Pro and gosh, is a pretty crappy manual compared with the AA=* versions, so I cant find even an index to tell me if it has MultiSWR or not.

[@didotb01]

"let's go with light orange" me: MY EYYEESSS

[@HabemusQuattro]

Was this provided to you by RigExpert?

[@MichaelLitty]

Watch to the end.

[@MrDmonies327]

From a distance, it looks like a really fancy vape.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Lol.

[@nerdinium]

Rigexpert analyzers are made in the Ukraine. With the stuff going on there it might be a good idea to make a purchase now, as there are probably going to be issues getting more of them, or possibly ever getting them again.

[@MarvinParnell]

So this really seems like a Single channel/port VNA, albeit with a better, easier to navigate menu system and likely better components. But essentially still a Nano VNA in stick form? Pretty nice though.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Ohh, very interesting. I assume the componets are quite different though?

[@MarvinParnell]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse lol for sure.

[@forgetyourlife]

this should come with an SO-239 like the stick-230. Having to baby sit the adapter isnt cool and while N is better for UHF who needs to analyze 600Mhz?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

N-Type is prefered for 2m and 70cm. I just leave the adapter on the tuner TBH.

[@forgetyourlife]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse preferred by a loud minority maybe. SO-239 is vastly more popular as you can even see in your video 😅

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

For convenience sure. But type N is less lossy.

[@forgetyourlife]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse yes yes, at 440 but that’s not the main intention of this it would seem. I’ll take the minor loss on 1 band in exchange for so-239 convenience.

[@MailmanJustin]

@@forgetyourlife the one I got from HRO yesterday came with an adapter in the box

[@renosgarage7451]

that's a huge vape

[@davidbrennan5]

The price kills it for me.

[@ZaidKhan-wk1jx]

Bro help me out i forget my icom ic f121 password to reset it. i am new user .any one in comments give me advice

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Idk. Google it?

[@John_Henry83]

Josh. One thing you should know is that what you can see with your eyes is NOT how the camera is going to record. In this whole video I kinda had to trust you that the numbers you were saying were correct since the camera would not pick them up. You might want to REALLY zoom in.

[@ITOinfoo]

Hi!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Hi.

[@rdmclark]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse 👋

[@MichaelLitty]

Hi.

[@Ploggy.]

👍

[@jimmarcum7362]

Thanks for demoing the analyzer. Too much money, I hope they gave you one for a discount for demoing it. I do appreciate the size if your hiking in to a location.

[@raymondlewis2055]

$400 with tax is too! Keep my Nano. I do not have that kind of money. I do not have to live with my phone either!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Lol, ok. Feel free to do whatever you feel is right.

[@ralphbailey736]

$439 on hro and dx haven't checked gigiparts yet

[@YOLOSWAG4JESUS420]

Over $400 no thanks. I'll stick with the $50 nanoVNA

[@TwstedTV]

$400 just for that stick?? 🤦‍♂ I honestly thought the price was going to be like $40-bucks not $400. Wow And the industry wonders why they struggle to get new people. This hobby equipment are so damn expensive. No wonder Baofeng became so famous. Its because its affordable.

[@batica81]

Why is ham gear so overpriced? Not all of us are rich retirees.

[@mlentsch]

I got one of those 650 Zooms that was on sale... I have to say, it's such a piece of junk; so cheaply made that it's hard to believe. They're the biggest scam in the industry that I've seen. I really wish you guys would point that out. It's almost like you're paid by rigexpert to peddle this crap.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Not paid by Rog Expert and I have had no quality issues with their products. Did you contact them to get your sorted out?

[@mlentsch]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I returned it for refund minus shipping and restocking. No way was that thing worth the $700+ SALE price. It should be build more like a Fluke multimeter for that price. I understand that smaller companies aren't able to manufacture to the kind of quality that you'd expect from a large company, but this is another level. I'd like to see one disassembled and checked out by EEVBlog, or someone like that. My gut tells me that it's filled with very inexpensive components, but I don't know that for sure. Maybe someone actually did do a tear-down somewhere - I'll check. Meanwhile, I'll stick with the NanoVNA, which, incidentally, means that the cheap Chinese hardware to assemble a RigExpert has been available for a while, now.... I'm not saying that the RigExpert is made in China, but I'd bet money that it is. This wouldn't be the first thing I've come across purporting to be made in "the ukraine" or russia that was actually made in China. Anyway, thanks for your videos.

[@stevemazz3121]

Please speak clearly, you mumble at times making it impossible to follow along...

[@FierceProtocol]

And the Bible said, "they went up onto the breadth of the earth"; Revelation 20:9. The greek translated word used at that time was "platoo". The root word of platoo is platoos, which means; "spread out flat". Your radio waves are not bouncing off of atmosphere; there is simply no curvature. You lose a great deal of meaning to words when translating from Greek to English.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Yeah no. If that were the case VHF/UHF would go on and on. We’re on a globe.

[@FierceProtocol]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Too bad I can prove it's flat in 15 minutes with my Nikon P900 and a local lake I can see across 8 miles of water from the all the down to the shore line and pull boats into view from base to apex. Gee, how many spots can be perfectly flat on a globe and it still be a globe? 8X8X8 = 512 inches * 12 = 42.666 Feet that should be hidden and I can see a 13 foot tall boat base to apex.... Oh, and BTW, that's the glob- tards math; not mine....

[@MichaelLitty]

No because science.

[@FierceProtocol]

@@MichaelLitty And, you're stupid.... You're wrong because instead of being taught true science to question everything, instead you have been indoctrinated to think what they want you to think. You were not taught how to think for yourself; you were taught what to think.

[@rjy8960]

Is there a place where we can have a conversation where these weirdo's don't end up dumping their excreta?

[@ralphbailey736]

Excellent video thanks N7ZXG