I very much agree with the surecomm part. The only thing I even know to check for is swr and and if they are accurate for that, they suit my needs. His comment about them not being accurate pertains to the conversation obviously, but mine was, at least when compared to the vna.
He gave me some things to try and some explanations of how things work, but nothing really helped. I am going to trouble shoot a bit more, but I wanted to get my vna before I got back to him to confirm results. Now that I have and the readings are the same with the vna, I'll give him a call next week. I also ordered the big comet antenna in the meantime because I just couldn't help myself ?