It depends on your expectations and budget ,? the NANO VNA are cheap but limited in their capabilities and accuracy the key is that you read up on the specs and be aware of the limitations !
On the other hand RF VNA such as the 8752/53 series have gotten dirt cheap on ebay and other auction sites compard to where they used to be ,? I just recently picked up a 8753D and a 8702D for under $500 ea ,? granted not close to the price
tag of a NANO but much more capabilities and better specs
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On Behalf Of Radu Bogdan Dicher via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 10:48 AM To:[email protected] Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Recommendation for an "up to 1GHz" generator + sweeper
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John,
This is a brilliant idea. I assume this would also allow good control over the sweep vs. readings. A whole world of possibilities.
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Lothar,
Strictly for sweeping IF filters, the NanoVNA is perfect.?
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Thank you,
Radu.?
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 8:13 AM John Griessen <john@...> wrote:
On 3/17/22 21:00, Radu Bogdan Dicher wrote:
> Ruben,
> You're right, there's just two sweepers on that list, which complies with my original requirements.
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> But I decided to keep the list a bit "looser" than how I started it;
Some of the GPIB controlled synthesized generators could be "swept" in GPIB code...probably not as quickly or smoothly, but...then
you can code the post processing to be whatever you want, and insert the results into a python lab notebook, etc.
I'm planning to use my 8657B that way.? It goes to 2.1GHz.
