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Re: SWR vs. Resonance; Heaviside
Hi All,
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Yes, Oliver Heaviside is another of our little known doyens of the electronics world. He was indeed a remarkable man. Most of us would only know his name, let alone of his existence, if we are involved in amateur radio or radio physics through the naming of the "Heaviside layer" or "E layer" in the ionosphere. I put Oliver Heaviside in the same category as Nicola Tesla as two of the most under rated contributors to our understanding of the science of electricity and RF propagation. Just my 2c worth... Cheers...Bob VK2ZRE On 16/10/2024 12:11 pm, John Nightingale via groups.io wrote:
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Re: SWR vs. Resonance
Who was it said that there is only one electron in the universe, but it moves so fast that its everywhere.
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Peter On 15/10/2024 19:21, Tony Scaminaci wrote:
Also, check out the famous dual-slit experiment here: |
Re: SWR vs. Resonance
String Theory.........Quantum Gravity........?? Maybe just mathematicians gone wild?Most don¡¯t know this and its been heavily downplayed but the implications are specific. We watched two stellar masses merge. The gravity detection array vibrated from the merger several seconds before anything else on light or radio. This puts gravity, even if must milliseconds, faster than light. In my mind this establishes all forms of energy as being forms of gravity. Not Exactly.??? The EM Waves have been traveling though a Plasma.Yes, a very thin Plasma, but a plasma never the less. A Plasma is a Non-Linear-Transmission line.? Meaning different wavelengths travel though it a different speeds.?? One way for getting a good estimate for the distance to a pulsar is how much ime\frequency spread there is in the pulse. I think we can safely say the light has been slowed down by passing though a media. Thin but there and been traveling for a LONG time.??? Kent |
Re: SWR vs. Resonance; Heaviside
On 2024-10-15 12:59, W0LEV wrote:
WARNING: MORE OFF TOPIC With the greatest respect, what Mr. Maxwell produced, so very earlyon, was a brilliant insight. It was, however, indigestible but for a few. Maxwell's four equations are, really, Oliver Heaviside's four equations. Heaviside was a man without a formal background. Nonetheless, he wasone of the few who did understand Maxwell's jungle of ideas and "built" his own mathematics to express Maxwell's thesis. (For doing so, Mr. Heaviside was excoriated by his "betters", learned gentlemen all, at first, for having the temerity to fabricate a "do-it-yourself" mathematics that he could not seat upon a formal basis. Heaviside answered his critics by saying, essentially,"It works, you figure it out!") After all, that's what our VNAs are all about: measuring RF energy-- |
Re: NanoVNA <---> TinySA ultra
Thanks Stan for that explanation. Very interesting...
To you and Dave, I have had the same 30dB external attenuation between the SA and VNA in all these pictures. What varies is that I've told the SA there is -30dB of external attenuation (LEVEL>EXT GAIN) so the -10 dBm you see is really -40 dBm. I am a BIG fan of attenuation! |
Re: parasitic capacitance tests
Thanks Roger.
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-- Carlos Delfino Equipe Basic?o da Eletr?nica <> Celular: (85) 985-205-490 (OI) - Aquiraz/CE <> Em ter., 15 de out. de 2024 ¨¤s 19:08, Roger Need via groups.io <sailtamarack@...> escreveu: Carlos, |
Re: parasitic capacitance tests
Carlos,
I suggest you always search the archives for old posts on a subject. Often you will find the topic has been discussed before (often at great length). Here is one that will interest you. ... /g/nanovna-users/topic/measure_input_capacitance_of/102376532 Roger |
Re: SWR vs. Resonance
The unit we had when I worked at a Bell System operating company, designed by Bell Labs and manufactured by Western Electric, had the rods firmly embedded in holes in the larger diameter longitudinal shaft so the rods could only move when the long shaft rotated slightly under torsion.
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73, Maynard W6PAP On 10/15/24 08:57, Jim Lux wrote:
The Bell Labs rods are basically showing a torsional vibration in the center conductor (that is, the rods indicate the angle, and since the deflection of the painted top is"small" deflection is approx proportional to angle). |
Re: NanoVNA <---> TinySA ultra
Fun, right? As Dave mentioned, you will get a more accurate reading if the level lower, but it will be fundamentally similar.
This is part of the clever design of the nanovna, analogous to the clever design used in the tinySA. The frequency generator chip used in the nanovna can only give a good signal up to about 300MHz, so for all frequencies above 300MHz it uses a harmonic. So what you are seeing is the 133.3 MHz fundamental, and the third harmonic of 400MHz, and other harmonics, same as what you would see if you set the nanovna to 133.3MHz. This clever use of the square wave and its harmonics greatly extends the usefulness of this little device. Stan |
Re: NanoVNA <---> TinySA ultra
I notice a measured level of -10 dBm. I believe Eric recommends for best
performance and minimal aliasing to keep the input level at or below roughly -30 dBm. You might try the same sweep with a 20 dB attenuator installed between the source and the input to the VNA. Dave - W?LEV On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 8:37?PM Matthew Rapaport via groups.io <quineatal= [email protected]> wrote: Ok Stan, you got me! See picture. The marker is on 400MHz. I am seeing-- *Dave - W?LEV* -- Dave - W?LEV |
Re: parasitic capacitance tests
QUOTE (Jim Lux): The trick is that the apparent values are affected by the
gain of the active device (assuming you're measuring it with biases applied). E.g.the Miller effect.* Making the measurement with no bias gives little to no information. Note that all the datasheets of our modern MMICs, HF, and ?wave transistors, be they BJTs or FETs, give the S-parameters at specific bias points. Measuring capacitance with no realistic bias makes no sense. Dave - W?LEV On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 7:56?PM Carlos Delfino via groups.io <consultoria= [email protected]> wrote: Thank you, I will study what was suggested.-- *Dave - W?LEV* -- Dave - W?LEV |
Re: SWR vs. Resonance
String Theory.........Quantum Gravity........? Maybe just mathematicians gone wild?Most don¡¯t know this and its been heavily downplayed but the implications are specific. We watched two stellar masses merge. The gravity detection array vibrated from the merger several seconds before anything else on light or radio. This puts gravity, even if must milliseconds, faster than light. In my mind this establishes all forms of energy as being forms of gravity. Everything, is little more than a vibration on the string that binds all matter. The bigger question, what is that string made of. And if it's broken, does it damage the universe? Would a particle freed from the strings simply vanish, flying away from other? Would it travel back to the other dimensions of the universe? We have also seen more than enough evidence to support that at the sub atomic level, matter freely interacts with other planes, or other dimensions be they mathematical or literal spaces. Now for us studying RF this is very interesting because we know for certain that both matter and energy are not as absolute as we thought. We know that a laser for instance can penetrate a lead brick, without cutting a hole into the brick. ? ? ? Thank You, Ray ? Innovative?Timing?Systems? ?p:? (314) 737-4900 ?a:? 11671?Lilburn?Park?Rd,?St.?Louis,?MO?63146? ?w:? Innovativetimingsystems.com ?w:? itsyourrace.com ?e:? ray@... ?InnovativeTimingSystems?ITS?JaguarTiming??ITSYOURRACE??ITSYOURRACE The information contained in this message is privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. In addition, this information is the property of the sender. (C) Copyright 2024. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. If you are the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Information in this message may contain errors and may be subject to change at any time. ? ? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of W0LEV via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] SWR vs. Resonance WARNING: OFF TOPIC Take gravity. Einstein did an exquisite job of explaining the EFFECTS of gravity. That's all from the respect of the EFFECTS of gravity on propagation of EM waves (bending light, Einstein lensing, ....). However, conversely, I've never seen the mathematical treatment of the effect of propagating EM waves on gravity - just the opposite of what Mr. Einstein put on paper. Both should be true to observation and self closed. Nor do we have an "excuse" (explanation) of why with a propagating EM wave the electric and magnetic properties of that wave must be orthogonal (right angles). Further: The Higgs Boson (the "God Particle") supposedly embodies mass to standard matter (remember F=ma?). And since matter embodies gravity, what is the link between the Higgs Boson (the Higgs Field) and gravity? Future Nobel Prize winner???? We DO NOT even have an inkling at understanding gravity. Oh, yes, and then there is the loosie goosie Hubble Constant. There is a buttload of physics addressing our own universe of which we have no understanding. String Theory.........Quntum Gravity........? Maybe just mathematicians gone wild? Dave - W?LEV On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 6:22?PM Tony Scaminaci via groups.io <tonyscam= [email protected]> wrote: Also, check out the famous dual-slit experiment here:-- *Dave - W?LEV* -- Dave - W?LEV |
Re: SWR vs. Resonance
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And only last week I read a paper that proposed that in the big picture of the universe which we are just on the verge of detecting, that as well obeys quantization rules much like the electrons around the atomic nucleus and the energy levels of the nuclear particles within the nucleus. The finer we poke at a problem, the more we discover we don't understand. But that's the joy and draw of hard science. Oh, yes, to my last email. Outside of Mr. Einstein, we must give Mr. Maxwell full credit for bringing electromagnetics to a well defined set of four equations (even though two of them are plagerized from previous works). After all, that's what our VNAs are all about: measuring RF energy over its many forms and frequencies. And Mendeleev for seeing the organization of the basic elements. Dave - W?LEV On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 7:47?PM Ray Lulling via groups.io <ray= [email protected]> wrote: --Waves or particles? Quantum Mechanics is stranger than truthNeither strings. Seriously. If everything vibrates regardless of the *Dave - W?LEV* -- Dave - W?LEV |
Re: parasitic capacitance tests
Thank you, I will study what was suggested.
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-- Carlos Delfino Equipe Basic?o da Eletr?nica <> Celular: (85) 985-205-490 (OI) - Aquiraz/CE <> Em ter., 15 de out. de 2024 ¨¤s 16:39, Jim Lux via groups.io <jimlux= [email protected]> escreveu: I would think that you would do it by setting up a circuit with the |
Re: SWR vs. Resonance
Waves or particles? Quantum Mechanics is stranger than truthNeither strings. Seriously. If everything vibrates regardless of the distance, then its connected. The issue is the propagation time and what's in-between that may absorb or reflect some of the vibration. Of course we also know that given the right conditions mater may also resonate. While I am not a string theory subscriber. I have seen much to say that yes, everything is linked. What exactly links everything to everything else. That is unknown. But it certainly seems like strings. ? ? ? Thank You, Ray ? Innovative?Timing?Systems? ?p:? (314) 737-4900 ?a:? 11671?Lilburn?Park?Rd,?St.?Louis,?MO?63146? ?w:? Innovativetimingsystems.com ?w:? itsyourrace.com ?e:? ray@... ?InnovativeTimingSystems?ITS?JaguarTiming??ITSYOURRACE??ITSYOURRACE The information contained in this message is privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. In addition, this information is the property of the sender. (C) Copyright 2024. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. If you are the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Information in this message may contain errors and may be subject to change at any time. ? ? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tony Scaminaci via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] SWR vs. Resonance Also, check out the famous dual-slit experiment here: ,particles%20%E2%80%93%20revealing%20its%20quantum%20nature. Waves or particles? Quantum Mechanics is stranger than truth and physicists can¡¯t explain why. The latest read I¡¯ve seen suggests that everything in the universe is composed of different kinds of interacting fields. When certain fields interact with the Higgs field, the interaction creates mass. Don¡¯t think too much about this or your brain will hurt.? Tony On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 3:10?AM G8HUL via groups.io <g8hul= [email protected]> wrote: particles? That is the part that I do not fully understand.Now, are the magnetic and electrical fields, waves or quantized |
Re: parasitic capacitance tests
I would think that you would do it by setting up a circuit with the transistor in an operating configuration (whether CE, CC, or CB) with biases, and DC blocks to/from the VNA and then measuring the parameters, comparing with a model (e.g. SPICE).
Surely there is a HP/Agilent/Keysight application note on measuring transistor parameters with a VNA - that's where I would start. The trick is that the apparent values are affected by the gain of the active device (assuming you're measuring it with biases applied). E.g. the Miller effect. |
Re: parasitic capacitance tests
If a transistor were biased as in use, one could decouple the DC bias from
the VNA and measure the junction capacitances. Just keep the RF drive extremely low as to not upset the bias point of the DUT. This does not seem like rocket science. As a test article, remember the EB junction of many BFTs can serve as a varactor. Dave - W?LEV On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 7:15?PM Carlos Delfino via groups.io <consultoria= [email protected]> wrote: Hello Michael, thank you for your attention.-- *Dave - W?LEV* -- Dave - W?LEV |
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