I hate to to reply to myself, but I got this PM:
Hi
Very interesting!
You mean you had someone with a computer and nanovna at the other end of the cable and you
were controlling them remotely via VNC from your iPad ?
Regards,
Corneliu
and I thought the reply might interest others...
To clarify what I do:
Back at my operating position:
1. I connect my MacBook Pro to the nanovna by usb.
2. I make sure that I have screen sharing enabled on the MB Pro.
3. I connect the nanovna to the antenna cable instead of the transceiver.
4. I start NanoVNA Saver on the Macbook
5. I do as much setup as I can on the Macbook before going outside
6. I connect to my Macbook via a VNC application running on my iPad.
7. I go outside and drop the center of my dipole array and disconnect the cable
8. I calibrate the cable by operating the Macbook running NanoVNASaver from the iPad
9. I reconnect the cable to the dipole array and hoist it back into normal position
10. I either go back inside to do more scans in comfort on the MacBook or -
11. Stay outside and trim things while observing the results on the iPad
At other times I've mixed the hardware up by using my Windows 10 box on the shack end to run NanoVNA saver and by using different VNC apps running on my iPhone, iPad and Lenovo android tablet. All work well, but bigger, brighter screens work better outdoors - if you have somewhere to set them down - The phone is better if climbing is involved, but clumsier to use.
hope this helps
M
