I'm thinking hard about doing a README for the wiki.
After some initial comments about VNA's and the nanoVNA in particular,
it would then attempt to describe at least some of the other materials in the wiki.
Will post it for corrections, and to see if the group can agree on where it should be placed.
Browsing the materials in the wiki and making a few notes to myself
is something I should do anyway.
I had previously said:
The three part nanoVNA tutorial from DG8GB looks very promising,
Part 2 looks like good stuff, but is by no means an introductory tutorial:
On page 10 he starts on how to use nanovna-saver with your nanoVNA-H.
He recommends 18ghz Huber Suhner coax, torquing the SMA's to 0.45Nm,
using a Wheatstone bridge to determine the true resistance of your 50 ohm load,
and describes how to compensate for the 50.7ps delay through an SMA adapter.
On page 12 he lists the various display options, you had best know what a VNA is.
The wiki gives the DG8GB tutorial equal footing with HexAndFlex, which is quite basic:
I think that's a fair example of why we need some sort of guide.
Jerry, KE7ER
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 04:52 AM, Oristo wrote:
no one has approached me to help them with adding content
(I can't speak for Oristo, Herb or the other wiki contributors).
Comments?
Occasional private emails suggest or provoke Wiki edits,
but (so far) neither volunteers nor requests for assistance editing it,
much less pull requests to linked GitHub deliverables.
Some of the material in the wiki is excellent. Much of it is not.
I can imagine:
1) adding a "Welcome! read this first!!!" pointer to some best-of,
step-by-step introductory guide
at the Wiki main page top
2) relocating "Much of it is not" materials to "for more information" or
"related content" pages
... but such actions suppose specific consensuses of opinion about excellence
Lacking access to (and motivation to acquire) other than a second generation
clone,
I am poorly positioned to generate / edit content for other / new (e.g. -F, V2
or V3) hardware;
my clone has VBAT diode and bootloader switch modifications
(failed EMI shielding and absorber mods since removed)
but component changes for neither bridge, bypass nor SD card..
