The Stick XPro analyzer can be turned on in several ways: – by pressing the   key. – when connecting the analyzer to a PC via a USB cable (the analyzer will turn on automatically). – by long-pressing one of the keys :         Important! At the same time, the analyzer will turn on and activate the measurement mode to which the pressed key corresponds.

You can turn off the analyzer from any mode by long pressing the   key.

After turning on the analyzer, using the   key a screen with the main menu of the analyzer is available for the user.

Important! Unlike the Stick 230 analyzer, the Stick XPro analyzer has three main screens with menus.
Screen switching is carried out by short pressing of   key.
In addition to service information, at the top of the screen (battery charge, the indication of connection to a PC, charger, Bluetooth connection), the screen displays 4 main measuring functions of the analyzer:

 Singe   Multé 

 HAM    Free 

The Singe and Multé modes display the measurement result as numbers, while the HAM and Free modes display the measurement results as numbers and charts.

 Bound   TDR 

 R&X    RLoss 

The TDR, R&X and RLoss modes display the result in the form of charts and numbers, and the Bound mode in the form of numbers and color indication.

 StubT   cLen 

 cImp    cLoss 

The cImp and cLoss modes display the result in the form of charts and numbers, and StubT and cLen mode in the form of numbers and color indication.

When you press    in the Main Menu, 13 information screens will be available.
The first 12 screens will briefly talk about the main measuring functions of the analyzer (Single, Multé, HAM, Free and others). By pressing the   key, you can switch to the corresponding measurement mode.
On the thirteenth screen when you press the   key, you will enter the Settings menu.

Single is a measurement of all parameters. The mode is started by pressing the     key.
After pressing the key, the measurement will start automatically. This is indicated by a flashing antenna icon located at the top of the screen. You can stop the measurement by pressing   once. You can resume the measurement by pressing    once.In Single mode, the analyzer has 5 screens with information.
The first screen displays:

 

• working frequency
• SWR value
• return loss value

The second screen displays:

• working frequency
• |Z| value
• value of active (R) and reactive (X) resistance (taking into account the sign) for the series mode

The third screen displays:

• working frequency
• |Z| value
• inductance (L) and capacitance (C) value for series mode

Important! Sometimes inductance or capacitance values are displayed with a minus sign. It would seem to be contrary to the laws of physics. But no, in RigExpert analyzers, the minus sign next to the value indicates how much inductance or capacitance you need to add to the circuit in order to compensate for the reactive component of the impedance.
On the fourth screen are displayed:

• working frequency
• magnitude
• value of active (R) and reactive (X) resistance (taking into account the sign) for parallel mode

The fifth screen displays:

• working frequency
• phase value
• inductance (L) and capacitance (C) value for parallel mode

Screens switch among themselves by pressing      keys.
There are two ways to change the value of the operating frequency:

• keystrokes   and   A single press changes the frequency value minimally. If you press and hold the keys, the frequency will change continuously with an accelerated step.
• pressing and holding the    key for 2 seconds. After that, an information window will appear on the analyzer screen. Press   key again. A window will appear on the analyzer screen with the setting of the operating frequency. The     keys select the cursor position to change units, tens, hundreds, thousands of kHz, and the     keys change the value.

A single press of the   key saves the change and returns to Single mode.
A single press of the   key returns to Single mode without saving changes.
The help menu is accessible by pressing and holding the   key and then selecting the Help mode with the     keys.

Multé is a new mode, in which you can quickly assess how well your antenna works on different HAM bands. The result is displayed as stars. The smaller the SWR of the antenna in the range, the more stars.
Table of the dependence of the number of stars on the SWR:5    –   SWR from 1.0 to 1.14    –   SWR from 1.1 to 1.153    –   SWR from 1.15 to 1.32    –   SWR from  1.3 to 1.71    –   SWR from 1.7 to 3.0The SWR over 3 analyzer in Multé mode ignores.If, after scanning, the analyzer didn’t find a single resonance, then this means that either your antenna has a minimum SWR of more than 3, or the antenna or coaxial cable is damaged.

 

Restarting this mode is possible by pressing any key except   key.
After successful measurement in Multé mode, the following information will be displayed on the analyzer screen:

• band
• number of stars (out of 5)
• a minimum value of SWR and the frequency at which this value was found

If there are more than one results detected by the analyzer, then the screens are switched using the     keys.
When you press the     keys on one of the results screens, the analyzer switches to HAM mode on the same band.

   

A long press of the   key will bring up the Help menu.

This mode allows you to measure and display the SWR antenna chart on the analyzer screen on one of the fixed HAM radio bands such as:

2.2 km, 630 m, 160 m, 80 m, 60 m, 40 m, 30 m, 20 m, 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, 11 m, 10 m, 6 m, 2 m, 70 cm.

Enabling this mode is possible either from the main menu by pressing the    key or when the analyzer is off by a long press of the same key.  The measurement will be performed automatically in the range that was used in the previous measurement.

To repeat the measurement, press    once. To measure in a cycle, press the   key two times at short intervals. A long press of the    key will bring up the Help window.

You can change the measuring range using the      keys.

In HAM mode, the SWR icon and the range over which the measurement is carried out are displayed at the top of the screen.

In the center of the screen, a chart of the SWR values for the range is displayed.

The value of the minimum SWR found and the frequency at which this value was found are displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Important! To the left and right of the graph are two vertical stripes. They indicate going out of range. Sometimes the resonance of the antenna may be out of range, but very close to the beginning or end. In such cases, the analyzer will determine the resonance beyond the limits of the ranges.

When you press the   or   keys the analyzer switches to Free mode with the center frequency of measurement corresponding to the center frequency of the selected range:

   

You can exit the mode in the main menu by briefly pressing the   key.

This is a classic SWR measurement mode with plotting in a user-defined frequency band.

This mode is useful for survey measurement of the antenna in a wide frequency range or for measuring the SWR in a very narrow predetermined area.

In Free mode, the following is displayed on the analyzer screen:

• at the top of the screen: the value of the center frequency of the measurement and the width of the measurement band.
• in the middle of the screen: SWR chart
• at the bottom of the screen: the SWR value under the marker (solid vertical line) and the minimum of the SWR found (dashed vertical line).

 

There are two ways to set the center of the measurement frequency:

•    keys. Pressing the key once will change the frequency discretely to a certain value. Pressing and holding the key will cause an accelerated continuous change in frequency.
• long press    After press, a window will be available with a choice of setting the center frequency, exit or calling Help. Press     briefly and enter the frequency setting menu.

   

The     keys select the cursor position to change units, tens, hundreds, thousands of kHz, and the     keys change the value.
Setting the measurement bandwidth by pressing the     keys.
The minimum bandwidth is 10 kHz.
A quick double press of the   key will cause a measurement in a loop. To stop click   key.
To exit the mode, briefly press   key.

The Stick Pro analyzer has 24 memory cells for storing measurement results from any graphic modes, such as HAM, Free, R&X, Return Loss.

To save the measurement results into memory after plotting the graph, press and hold the   key. Then press the   key (Save).
Use the     keys to select an empty memory slot and press the   key.

You can name the cell (maximum 13 characters). Use the     keys to select a character, the   key to adding a character, and the   key to delete a character.

Loading results from memory is similar, instead of the   key, use the   key.

Important! In HAM mode, you can only load measurements that have been taken and saved in this mode.

In this mode, you can quickly check your antenna for “pass/fail”
The measurement is performed at one frequency.
Set in the settings (long press of the   key) the value of the operating frequency.
You can select the measured parameter (SWR or RL) by simultaneously pressing the arrow keys.
Here, set the value below which the measurement will be considered “good”. This mode is convenient when you tune the antenna and at the same time visually follow the readings on the analyzer screen. Large print and color alarms will not let you miss out on the best results.  

Time Domain Reflectometers (TDR) are electronic instruments used for locating faults in transmission lines.
A short electrical pulse is sent over the line, and then a reflected pulse is observed. By knowing the delay between two pulses, the speed of light, and the cable velocity factor, the DTF (distance to fault) is calculated. The amplitude and the shape of the reflected pulse give the operator idea about the nature of the fault. Time Domain Reflectometers (TDR) are electronic instruments used for locating faults in transmission lines.
A short electrical pulse is sent over the line, and then a reflected pulse is observed. By knowing the delay between two pulses, the speed of light, and the cable velocity factor, the DTF (distance to fault) is calculated. The amplitude and the shape of the reflected pulse give the operator idea about the nature of the fault.Instead of a short pulse, a “step” function may be sent over the cable.   Unlike many other commercially-available reflectometers, Stick Pro does not send pulses into the cable. Instead, another technique is used. First, R and X (the real and the imaginary part of the impedance) are measured over the whole frequency range (up to 600 MHz). Then, the IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) is applied to the data. As a result, impulse response and step response are calculated.
This method is often called a “Frequency Domain Reflectometry”, but the “TDR” term is used in this document since all calculations are made internally and the user can only see the final result.The vertical axis of the resulting chart displays the reflection coefficient: Γ= -1 for short load, 0 for matched impedance load (ZLoad=Z0), or +1 for open load. By knowing the cable velocity factor, the horizontal axis is shown in the units of length. Single or multiple discontinuities can be displayed on these charts. While the Impulse Response chart is suitable for measuring distance, the Step Response chart helps in finding the cause of a fault.

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