Yes, the NANOVNA offerings are nothing short of a game changer and a
wonderful educational tool. Once the (good) universities get word of them,
they should be buying them by the hundreds for their RF and microwave
courses (CU Boulder and School of Mines in Golden in my state, Colorado and
possibly New Mexico State in Las Cruces). I know for a fact, CU in Boulder
offers a very popular hands-on RF design course, including soldering pens,
spectrum analyzers, and VNA's.
Dave - W?LEV
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On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 8:41 PM Chris K2STP <ccarrara@...> wrote:
Hey guys,
Just to be clear, I wasn¡¯t really ¡°criticizing¡± you guys for making fun of
the young generation... I get it, believe me. Hiring LOTS of IT technical
guys and gals over the years for me was a huge challenge, it was hard to
find folks that understood what was inside a desktop or laptop, they all
could tell me what app worked best, but it was hard to find people who
could troubleshoot and fix things! I¡¯m 100% sure it¡¯s 10 times worse in
the EE world, but I get it.
I was more just making pun of the fact it is being discussed in a forum
that was put up by YOUNG guys, who have designed an amazing new device
(both hardware AND software for it!). So they do understand more than we
give them credit for. While there are a lot of folks that don¡¯t understand
anything inside the black boxes, there are also a bunch more young guys
that have an amazing breath of knowledge that I can¡¯t say I ever had! Just
watch some of the physics and EE type stuff on YouTube put up by 20
somethings.... ;)
Now, off to make a new 6 meter antenna called a ¡°barber pole¡± and test it
with the Nano!
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Regards,
Chris K2STP
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*Dave - W?LEV*
*Just Let Darwin Work*
