Re: Capturing and saving measurements
I have used NanoVNASaver and SimSmith earlier this year to construct the output matching network of a DIY BS170 small signal amplifier. This required constant switching between NanoVNASaver (to
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Uwe Lange
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1/2 coax wavelength
#nanovna-h4
Hi guys Wonder if you can acctually cut an exact 1/2 wave coax for a given freq without getting VF and math usong nano VNA. It woukd be very useful when making 4:1 balun with better accuracy rather
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James Balagtas
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Re: Nano VNA Prt I Basics: Part II Under the Hood de k3eui
#video
It looks like the file in that One Drive folder has been deleted. It was good when I downloaded it yesterday. I have a copy of it on my hard-drive but it's almost 3GB. Too big to email and I don't
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W7DRM - Don
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Re: Nano VNA Prt I Basics: Part II Under the Hood de k3eui
#video
I had the same thing happen wrote:
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David Nelson
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
Hi David, I had a similar problem and used the SMA to PL-259 and PL-259 to SMA adapters. I guess you know that the PL-259 connectors are no where near a 50 ohm environment (around 30 ohms I think).
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peterakonde
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
It's all about "length vs wavelength" so.. a cm or so of adapter against 10m wavelength? Not going to make a big difference at HF (1cm is 0.3 deg of phase at 30MHz) I use a SMA to SO-239 pigtail about
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Jim Lux
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Re: Capturing and saving measurements
I apologize, I meant to say it WAS A HARD CHOICE, not that it wasn¡¯t. I don¡¯t want to come across poorly. Thanks for understanding Ward ae6ty
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ward harriman <ward.harriman@...>
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Re: Nano VNA Prt I Basics: Part II Under the Hood de k3eui
#video
I started watching the video this morning and made it through the very basic but good explanation of smith charts; then I ran some errands and started watching again and after 5 minutes the video
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Josh Kuperman
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
This is a timely thread as I just received my -F this week. My HF antennas all have PL-259 connectors. To connect them to the NanoVNA, I already have SO-239 to SMA Male (like these
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David Kozinn, K2DBK
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Re: That pesky 50 to 75 ohm conversion.
Lay off the griping and make the measurement in a 50-ohm system. With that, you'll learn how better to use a VNA. Grumpy: Dave - W?LEV drkirkby@...> wrote: -- *Dave - W?LEV* *Just
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W0LEV
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Re: That pesky 50 to 75 ohm conversion.
It can be, and that's the most sensible thing to do. Dave
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Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd
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Re: That pesky 50 to 75 ohm conversion.
You can absolutely measure at one impedance and display at another. Most comprehensive Smith chart programs allow the user to ¡®change the center of the chart¡¯ to any impedance. You can just import
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ward harriman <ward.harriman@...>
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
I am of the practice of ALWAYS doing a calibration. This comes from many scars of debugging ¡®unexpected¡¯ results which, ultimately, turned out to be calibration problems. Calibration just
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ward harriman <ward.harriman@...>
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Re: Capturing and saving measurements
NanoVNA is intended as a gateway between measurement and analysis/integration endeavors. If nanoVNA saver is sufficient for your purposes I suppose you should stay with it. I wrote nanoVNA connect
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ward harriman <ward.harriman@...>
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Re: Capturing and saving measurements
It wasn¡¯t a hard choice. Should Ii have you download and install the software before you have an idea what it does.... or should I show you what it can do and then, if you¡¯re interested, have you
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ward harriman <ward.harriman@...>
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
In starting the cal process, it is assumed you have previously set the desired frequency range. Dave - W?LEV wrote: -- *Dave - W?LEV* *Just Let Darwin Work*
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W0LEV
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 09:27 AM, Jim Lux wrote: Very helpful -- however when I do a calibration with nanovna-saver's tool it does not ask for a frequency range when starting the process -
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Richard Clemens
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Re: Capturing and saving measurements
And they have a bridge! :-) wrote:
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Zack Widup
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Re: Capturing and saving measurements
SimSmith is a simulation program with a completely different purpose. wrote:
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Dragan Milivojevic
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Re: Regarding calibration of a nano-vna
#calibration
Reasons to recalibrate (as opposed to use a saved cal set): 1) A different test setup, where the "reference plane" for the measurements is different.? For instance, if you have test port cables with
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Jim Lux
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