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Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
I am so sorry to hear this. I made a lot of use of Owen's online calculators and he reviewed a couple of projects I'd been working on (favourably). Sometimes Owen would pick up on posts I'd made to
By Mike · #39226 ·
Re: test board, how to use
As the reference plan is now at the test board level, a set of OSL terminations are required for calibration (DIY, see below). Jumpers are also useful. I have extensively used this board for crystals
By F6EGK - Jean-Roger · #39225 ·
Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
Here is another YouTube story... A friend asked me to help him diagnose an antenna problem he was having, high SWR at any power over around 200 watts, on some relatively new antenna he had installed
By Dave (NK7Z) · #39224 ·
Re: 1.2.40 strange displayed S11 Smith value
I suspect that it will instead catch grime and wear particles, especially in the crevices of the female sockets, making a nice grinding compound to cause unnecessary wear on your connectors. Here is
By Donald S Brant Jr · #39223 ·
Re: test board, how to use
I was advised by email that The Test Board from nanovna.com has some extra connections that are not on the SDR Kits board. Rows C, D & E are the same but A/B and F/G have some additional connected
By Roger Need · #39222 ·
Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
I was not aware that Owen discontinued his website. I enjoyed his insights. A great loss. I hope he is OK. You can find owenduffy.net, and its predecessor vk1od.net, on the Internet Archive,
By Art Greenberg · #39221 ·
Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
I don't have them all but it that information protected an any way? I did not see any notice. Mike n2MS
By Mike N2MS · #39220 ·
Re: test board, how to use
Swr dofferent [email protected]> wrote:
By Michael Restivo · #39219 ·
Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
Is there any chance of someone else hosting the info on their site? We lost a treasure load of info when The Radioboard was lost after the long time owner turned it over to someone and then they got
By Mikek · #39218 ·
Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
Mike- You and your stash may become a most useful resource if you can spare the time and energy. Thank you in advance! Ed McCann AG6CX
By AG6CX · #39217 ·
Locked Re: Owen Duffys blog closed
Owen will be sorely missed. I had a habit of saving his excellent blog posts by performing a "print to pdf" and saving them to an Owen Duffy folder. I am always referencing them. Mike N2MS
By Mike N2MS · #39216 ·
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Also sorry to hear the news, I was very much a fan of his articles and his no stones unturned thoroughness in his research. I will miss his reference library and will have to go download it for
By Adam Moss · #39215 ·
Re: test board, how to use
The board you have is derived from a test board designed by DG8SAQ. The main section can be used as a test platform to be used with your NanoVNA (or tinySA if you have one). You can install the
By Roger Need · #39214 ·
Re: test board, how to use
Daniel, I also bought the Demo Board Kit. Excellent board to relearn all the functions of the VNA. I wish the same people would make one specifically for antennas, Even at scale relearning how to use
By VE6LX · #39213 ·
Re: test board, how to use
There is a circuit schematic associated with this printed circuit board. Some of the pads in the center section are connected together and some are not. Some are connected to the center ground plane
By Larry Goga · #39212 ·
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Folks: Roger is spot on with respect to misinformation offered on the Web, supported by Dave W0LEV's frequent plea to be wary of unsupported wisdom offered on YouTube. Two real-life examples come to
By AG6CX · #39211 ·
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I must agree...? I will miss his blog greatly...? So sad to see it go... 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI ARRL Asst. Director,
By Dave (NK7Z) · #39210 ·
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You can add my name to the long list of readers that will miss Owen Duffy's blog. There is a lot of misinformation on the Web when it comes to RF topics and many of his posts were a well written
By Roger Need · #39209 ·
Re: 1.2.40 strange displayed S11 Smith value
Hi WW6X as far as i know , there is some thin fim SMD 1% resistors that has less than 50ppm/¡ãC temperature coeff , so within 10¡ãC interval Room temperature +/- 5¡ãC the variation will be less
By Team-SIM SIM-Mode · #39208 ·
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owenduffy.net ¨C Mostly electronics¡­ ( https://web.archive.org/web/20240917015738/https://owenduffy.net/blog/ ) web.archive.org (
By Jack Twilley · #39207 ·