Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
WHAT??? All that power being lost????
Seriously, a 2:1 SWR will only loose 11.1% of the power.? So a 100 watt station will give you 88.9 watts of ERP (Less cable loss and plus antenna
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Joe
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#38621
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
My.....my........ For heaven's sake......! What concerns about a meager
2:1 SWR!! Just go with it, get on the air, and enjoy.
Dave - W?LEV
[email protected]> wrote:
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W0LEV
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#38620
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
For Barry K3EUI
"Also, just adding an inductor will not automatically increase the impedance. Depending in the initial antenna impedance, it may go up or down."
I should have said that just adding
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DP
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#38619
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Hi Bill WA2WIO,
Your antenna geometry and dimensions can be adjusted to achieve a wide range of feedpoint impedances for a specific frequency. Once the shape and dimensions are set, the complex
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DP
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#38618
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Hi Barry K3EUI
You and others make an excellent point about the practical acceptability of of a 2:1 SWR. I agree that for the casual ham using commonly available equipment, it's probably not a big
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DP
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#38617
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Re: measuring gain of multi band vertival antenna (GAP Titan DX)
its just several dipoles in parallel on the higher bands fed on the gap (almost similar to a fan dipole)
except on 10m where it is 3 quarterwave ... on 40m it is a quarterwave against bent radial
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Siegfried Jackstien
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#38616
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Where in the H4 source code are MS5351m vs Si5351 configuration adjusted?
Where in the H4 source code are MS5351m vs Si5351 configuration adjusted?
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jervisd@...
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#38615
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Re: measuring gain of multi band vertival antenna (GAP Titan DX)
To measure the loss/gain of an antenna, both in transmission and reception, you will have to do it by comparing it with another one. For this, a field strength meter will be useful; the nanoVNA is a
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?lvaro Felipe Hern¨¢ndez
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#38614
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Re: Audio frequency version of a NanoVNA
One of these was the "Clarke Calculator" invented by Edith Clarke: https://spectrum.ieee.org/edith-clarke-modern-power-distribution
She also designed the turbine system for the Hoover Dam.
73, Don
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Donald S Brant Jr
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#38613
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RESET NanoVNA-F
Since I am on Windows Seven, I use nanovna-saver 0.3.8. My NanoVNA is
DEEPELEC NanoVNA-F 4.3" HW2.3 HW3.1 Firmware 1.05 (Oct 31, 2022)
I observe:
1/ To succeed, every time, the NanoVNA <-> PC
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Fran?ois
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#38612
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Re: Dislord v1.2.40 new MCU - frozen on startup
Check SI5351 generator I2C bus exchange
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DiSlord
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#38611
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Re: Audio frequency version of a NanoVNA
One problem with calculations at audio frequencies is that most transmission lines exhibit complex characteristic impedances below around 300 kHz or thereabouts. Telephone cable pairs, if untreated
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Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP
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#38610
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Re: Audio frequency version of a NanoVNA
You don't often see Smith charts at audio frequencies because transmission-line techniques are less common, as is complex impedance matching in general. No reason why they couldn't be supported, of
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John Miles
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#38609
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Re: measuring gain of multi band vertival antenna (GAP Titan DX)
The major claim to fame of this type of antenna is not "gain" or
"directivity", but coverage of all the amateur HF bands with one antenna
with a single feedline. It is a compromise to accomplish that
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W0LEV
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#38608
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Re: Dislord v1.2.40 new MCU - frozen on startup
Try 1.2.42 Installed today, works fine (exc. wonky conn. to touch screen), great instructions here:
https://github.com/DiSlord/NanoVNA-D/blob/master/README.md
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Nbridgema
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#38607
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Re: Calibrating Methods
That's actually the main purpose of calibrating a VNA, to remove everything
from the measurement except the DUT.
73,
-de James/AC0CW
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James Davis/AC0CW
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#38606
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Re: Audio frequency version of a NanoVNA
Oops! Those who might want it, get it while you can - or else you will have to ask the Wayback Machine.
More and more creators of well-known software are retiring. Many of them go the extra mile when
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Manfred Mornhinweg
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#38605
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Re: Calibrating Methods
Yes; in fact I had to do this to calibrate measurements made on a 1296 MHz
bias tee using microstrip transmission lines.
Zack
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Zack Widup
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#38604
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Re: Calibrating Methods
Yes. Instead of doing the OSL calibration at the unit, do the same at the
end of the coaxial feedline. Outside of a bit of loss due to the coax,
then your measurement plane will be at the end of the
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W0LEV
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#38603
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Calibrating Methods
Is it a viable method to do calibration of the VNA with a transmission line attached, so that when the DUT is attached to end of that line the measurements are true measurements of just the DUT?
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Akai Moto
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#38602
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