Re: [Amateur-repairs] USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
Hi Dave, good work, but some pics can't be displayed over here. Do you think you can provide this document as PDF please? Thank you. Carsten, DL8AAP
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DL8AAP Carsten
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Re: USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
Not quite. You don¡¯t need MS Word to read .docx documents on Mac OS. There are a few other ways: - Apple¡¯s word processor, Pages, can open them too - Even TextEdit, the basic text editor included
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Jean-Denis Muys <jdmuys@...>
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Re: #learning #noise
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Thanks, Zack! Very interesting. I shall have to listen for them. Thank you! Dave
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W0LEV
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The 13 MHz beacons are legal under Part 15. They only run a couple milliwatts. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title47-vol1/pdf/CFR-2011-title47-vol1-sec15-225.pdf W1TAG has calculated that the
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Zack Widup
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Not so: ¡ì18.305 Field strength limits. (a) ISM equipment operating on a frequency specified in ¡ì18.301 is permitted **unlimited radiated energy** in the band specified for that frequency. (Emphasis
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Jim Allyn - N7JA
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Re: backyard antenna ranges
I'm having lots of trouble with my local area coverage. Neither my multiband HF vertical (a CHA-250B with its base mounted about 14ft above ground) nor my G5RV dipole in roughly NVIS mount with 100w
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Chuck Cole
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Yes, RFID uses the 13.56 MHz ISM band (yes, I've worked professionally there, as well....), but energy is closely coupled only inductively - NOT in a radiative manner. Some 'uninitiated' engineers
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W0LEV
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Jim, I've usually used a capacitive probe for the purpose at home. That means a very short probe above an image plane or a very short dipole as a function of the wavelength of the highest frequency
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W0LEV
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Re: USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
In order to do the S21 series method of determine complex impedance you need the Port 1 (CH0) and Port 2 (CH1) impedance to be very close to 50 ohms. You also need to be able to do 10/12 point error
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Roger Need
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backyard antenna ranges
I'd like to start a discussion about using the NanoVNA (or NanoVNA2) in the context of a backyard antenna range.? One of the tricky things about doing antenna measurements has always been the whole
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Jim Lux
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Re: USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
Hardware capability? What are you referring to?
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Dragan Milivojevic
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It is legal to run an unlicensed transmitter on 13.56, as long as the power is low enough (i.e. meets Part 15). A few mW is typical, and as sunspots heat up, you could "work the world" with suitable
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Jim Lux
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What the dickens are "Squarers"? I'll confess the ISM bands are a good place to hide possibly illegal and unlicensed emissions. However, as a licensed ham for some 61 years and worked professionally
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W0LEV
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Re: [Ham-Antennas] USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
Gary, IF the alternative RF path is down a pair of antenna wires near a feed point where the equivalent impedance is ~75 Ohms, then 3K ohms looks very good. On the other hand if end-feeding and using
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W0LEV
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RFID uses 13.56 MHz with radiated fields (limited, it's true), but all those "near field communications" things are also 13.56 (Subway cards, cashless payments, etc.). If you're making a "long range"
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Jim Lux
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Re: USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
Dave, The measurement of common mode attenuation as it pertains to baluns and RF chokes has been discussed in this group several times and there is a lot of good info in those posts. Reading through
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Roger Need
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Probably has nothing to do with his use, but 13.56 MHz and surrounding frequencies on shortwave are the homes of many unlicensed CW beacons. Many are "squarers." Zack W9SZ
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Zack Widup
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13.56 MHz is an ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) frequency. There are 7 frequencies allocated by the FCC for that purpose in that specific ISM band - in a NON_RADIATIVE MANNER. Why are you
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It isn't clear to me what the situation is here. Do you mean you have an antenna connected to a 13.56 MHz signal coming from a signal generator or transmitter of some sort, and you wish to transmit
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Jim Allyn - N7JA
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Re: USING THE NANOVNA AND SAVER TO MEASURE CM ATTENUATION THROUGH CMCs
For those that may use Google, Google Docs will read and create DOCX files. *Clyde K. Spencer*
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Clyde Spencer
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