Re: Am I in the right track ?
Roger,
Thanks for the idea. I already tried sending them an email a while ago for that exact request ! The phone is still ringing, nobody answered yet at the other end ;( But I should throw the
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Nico
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#39818
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Re: Erratic traces with SAA2N
The RF switch is damaged and can be restored by replacing the MXD8641.
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Hugen
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#39817
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Re: Measuring inductance
Good point on the upper frequency limit of home brew (and some
professional) fixtures. My home brew fixture which uses alligator clips
instead of binding posts has an upper limit of 100 MHz. I
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W0LEV
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#39816
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Re: Measuring inductance
The inductance you measure at the operating frequency is the value that influences the circuit. Some people reserve the word inductance for the value an inductor exhibits at low frequencies where
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Brian Beezley
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#39815
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Re: Measuring inductance
I posted about my binding post and PCB OSL a few years ago. For best results you need to keep the slit in the middle as wide as possible and the same for all 3 boards. You also need to connect the
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Roger Need
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#39814
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Re: Measuring inductance
Something is wrong. NOTHING should show outside of the Smith Chart for
S11, the green trace after a proper calibration is completed!
While the following has been mentioned many times:
1) Did you
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W0LEV
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#39813
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Re: Measuring inductance
for just a few nanohenry you need to make your calibration very exact ... i would not try to exactly finetune it ... i would see if i am close .. then build my filter and tune the filter with all
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Siegfried Jackstien
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#39812
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Re: Different SWR/Smith plots, when off center dipole wire connections to transformer reversed?
you would need a choke below the transformer to decouple the shield of the coax being part of the antenna (and then it would still couple a bit to the antenna cause all couples with all in an indoor
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Siegfried Jackstien
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#39811
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Measuring inductance
Hello, new to this group. I've learned a lot from reading here, but i seem to have run into some issues and could use some advice. I'm building a low pass filter, and trying to learn to measure
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KJ5FRJ
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#39810
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Re: Different SWR/Smith plots, when off center dipole wire connections to transformer reversed?
The transformer does not decouple the nanovna and PC/laptop and, therefore,
anything conductive within the house from the measurement. If you used
only the NANOVNA connected to NOTHING, not even
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W0LEV
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#39809
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Re: Different SWR/Smith plots, when off center dipole wire connections to transformer reversed?
Roger,
Thanks for confirming my suspicion...I guess this also implies that the WSPR spot counts/pattern might also be different between the two configurations, since the shield/chassis would be
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Bruce KX4AZ
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#39808
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Re: Different SWR/Smith plots, when off center dipole wire connections to transformer reversed?
Bruce,
Your plots will be different because the common mode current (and therefore feedline radiation) will be different. Your friend is using a transformer as a voltage balun. With a good current
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Roger Need
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#39807
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Re: Different SWR/Smith plots, when off center dipole wire connections to transformer reversed?
(forgot to attach these two SWR plots to the previous post)
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Bruce KX4AZ
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#39806
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Different SWR/Smith plots, when off center dipole wire connections to transformer reversed?
A ham friend has an unusual indoor antenna that he uses with a Zachtek WSPR transmitter. He gets lots of spots from the 200mW transmitter (>500 unique band/spotter combinations in 24 hours), and the
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Bruce KX4AZ
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#39805
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Re: Am I in the right track ?
Nico,
After reviewing the data sheet that you posted earlier I see that Linx does offer customer support for this antenna. They state that they can supply PCB layout files and recommend matching
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Roger Need
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#39804
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Re: Erratic traces with SAA2N
This is what it looks like when I reset the calibration.
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K3IY
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#39803
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Re: Erratic traces with SAA2N
Can you send an uncalibrated image?
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Hugen
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#39802
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Re: Erratic traces with SAA2N
I confirmed that short/open/load standards are measuring as they should at the terminals on the pcb board.
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K3IY
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#39801
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Re: Erratic traces with SAA2N
I bought the unit from R&L on Oct. 31, 2024.
I did an ohm reading between blocking capacitor on the circuit side CH0 port terminal and ground, as described in this blog post
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K3IY
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#39800
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Re: Erratic traces with SAA2N
If you buy from RANDL, we can provide you with after-sales service.
But since we have discontinued the SAA2N for a long time, RANDL may not have the stock to replace it for you.
This is usually caused
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Hugen
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#39799
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