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Re: Is Gen11.TAOBAO nanoVNA upgradeable to 1.5GHz

 

Hello Rudi,

The performance of my device was initially very poor. It was one of the early "bad clones" without shields.
The S11 at 900 MHz was in the range of -30 dB, S21 -40 dB.
So i made some modifications.
I added two shields to the RF parts (0.5 mm brass sheet) and a 68 uF / 10 V tantalum capacitor from the 5 V trace to ground (near the TCXO).
I also added 3 100 nF caps to C40, C42 and C44.
Before soldering the shields to the PCB i modified the TX and RX bridges as mentioned above.
Last i soldered C38 - 4.7 uF and TF1 - the SD card holder (below the LIPO pack, unpopulated on my PCB).
I replaced the LIPO by a 2100 mAh (Samsung).
The screenshot You saw are the results of theese modifications when connecting two good SMA 50 Ohm terminators (Teleg?rtner) to the two ports.

Best regards
Bert


Re: V2 aliexpress sellers

 

Link to the nanorfe store? According to the website it is not open yet:
"The NanoRFE store is planned to open in July 2020 and will have the NanoVNA V2 in stock."


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... and no mention of a big-screen, cased version either.

Guess I'll have longer to wait....

David
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Re: V2 aliexpress sellers

 

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 01:07:49AM +0800, Gabriel Tenma White wrote:
Most clones of the V2 now perform ok, but consider buying from the Tindie store/nanorfe if you want to support the original developers (only these two stores remit a percentage of profit to the developers).
Link to the nanorfe store? According to the website it is not open yet:
"The NanoRFE store is planned to open in July 2020 and will have the NanoVNA V2 in stock."


Re: Is Gen11.TAOBAO nanoVNA upgradeable to 1.5GHz

 

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 10:56 AM, <bert_winkler@...> wrote:
The firmware i use is version 0.9.3.3 beta FAT16/FAT32 SD card by DiSlord.
This combination of hardware and firmware gives good results up to 1.5 GHz.
The S11 up to 1.5 GHz is better than 50 dB.
The S21 up to 1.5 GHz is better than 60 dB.
Hello Bert,
I am using the same firmware version 0.9.3.3.
Congratulation about the good hardware you have.
Mine is not so good.

If you want to show your screenshot in the forum, it is better to convert .BMP to either .jpg or .png format.
See attached screenshot Bert_50D35603.png
73, Rudi DL5FA


Re: Is Gen11.TAOBAO nanoVNA upgradeable to 1.5GHz

 

Hello Rudi,

Sorry, in my NanoVNA R24 - 91 Ohm.

Bert


Re: Is Gen11.TAOBAO nanoVNA upgradeable to 1.5GHz

 

Hello Rudi,

In hugen79 H4 schematic there ara two versions of the RX input bridge.
From version 4.2
R24 - 91 Ohm
R22, R23 - 51 Ohm
R25 - 11 Ohm
From version 4.2.1
R24 - 56 Ohm
R22, R23 - 240 Ohm
R25 - 49.9 Ohm
In my NanoVNA i use
R24 - 56 Ohm
R22, R23 - 49.9 Ohm
R25 - 11 Ohm
I also tested R22, R23 - 51 Ohm - does not make big difference.
The firmware i use is version 0.9.3.3 beta FAT16/FAT32 SD card by DiSlord. This combination of hardware and firmware gives good results up to 1.5 GHz.
The S11 up to 1.5 GHz is better than 50 dB.
The S21 up to 1.5 GHz is better than 60 dB.

Best regards
Bert


Re: USB connection failed

 

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:00:27 +0200, you wrote:

Hello,

Since this morning, my NanoVNA-H don't accept the USB connection.

I tried on 3 different PCs, no success.

On battery, all is ok but i'm not able to do charging.

I suspect an USB interface failure but i'm not sure...

What can i do ?

Thank you for your help.

Rudi
Why don't you look into the Device Manager.


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Re: USB connection failed

 

Hello,

Since this morning, my NanoVNA-H don't accept the USB connection.

I tried on 3 different PCs, no success.

On battery, all is ok but i'm not able to do charging.

I suspect an USB interface failure but i'm not sure...

What can i do ?

Thank you for your help.

Rudi
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Let's hope it's just dust or dirt in the connector, perhaps remove with a brush. Or, the connector may have broken off the board enough to have dropped one connection - physical problem rather than anything more complicated. Tale a look.

Cheers,
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USB connection failed

 

Hello,

Since this morning, my NanoVNA-H don't accept the USB connection.

I tried on 3 different PCs, no success.

On battery, all is ok but i'm not able to do charging.

I suspect an USB interface failure but i'm not sure...

What can i do ?

Thank you for your help.

Rudi


Re: Is Gen11.TAOBAO nanoVNA upgradeable to 1.5GHz

 

Hello Bert,

There is a schematic from the H4 design version 4.2.1 from 2020-02-13 which is the last version, see:

Unfortunately in the schematic the printed year is 2019, but it is from 2020.

Then the replace list is (SMD size 0603):
- remove R29, R30 and R31
- replace R13 by 0 Ohm
- replace R9 by 200 Ohm
- replace R24 by 56 Ohm
- replace R22, R23 by 51 Ohm
- replace R25 by 51 Ohm
- add a 100 nF capacitor parallel to C40, C42, C44 (SMD 0603)

Additional calibration with the software nanoVNA-saver (version 2.2) with 4 segments (404 points) and average of 4 will bring a few dB better values,
if you calibrate from 50 KHz to 1300 MHz (especially for THROUGH).

73, Rudi DL5FA


Re: NanoVNA and preamps

 

Optimizing the S11 of a pre amp usually doesn't result in best noise figures and hence best overall receiver sensitivity. Also having too much gain in a pre amp may cause overload and intermodulation.distortion in the receive system. When my job was designing add on VHF pre amps, we aimed for closer to 12 dB gain.

Also, CH0 has a relatively strong output and connecting directly to the pre amp input could cause the output to be very high, possibly pushing it to compression, causing false gain readings and making the bandwidth spread wider than it really is.

I would put 20 - 30 dB between CH0 and the input and connect the output directly to CH1.

But this discussion has made me wonder if there is a way to use a VNA for noise figure optimization.


Re: Integration of a nanoVNA unit into an antenna system as indicator of resonance frequency

John Dusek
 

Following up on this thread 6 months later. Does anyone know if there has been any firmware development performed on a function to track the lowest SWR for the nanoVNA?

John - W3JED


NanoVNA and preamps

 

I hadn't seen much written about using the NanoVNA with VHF preamps. I have
a couple I have never adjusted except "by ear." So I thought I'd give it a
try.

I put a 20 dB attenuator on the output, since the estimated gain for the
two preamps was around 20 dB. I fed the input directly from the port 0 of
the NanoVNA so I could look at s11

My 432 MHz preamp needed some peaking. It wasn't difficult. I got it tuned
so s11 is -45 dB and the gain is about 21 dB. That's as I expected. Not bad
for a 20 year old preamp using an ATF10136.

My 222 MHz preamp uses the same FET and circuit. It did not look so good. I
could only tune the s11 to about -6 dB and the output did not peak anywhere
throughout the tuning range. Gain shows th be about 6.5 dB. There is
definitely something wrong with the preamp. I have also been using it for
20 years. I knew it has gain but it never did seem to have as much as my
144 and 432 MHz preamps. Now I've verified this. I suspect some value
(probably the input tuning inductor) is off.

I can't do anything for noise figure with the NanoVNA but at least I have
the 432 MHz preamp tuned pretty close. I can get the preamps checked and
tuned at a VHF conference next year.

73, Zack W9SZ

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Re: Nanovna and MacBook

 

Get the NanoVNA H4 with the 4 inch screen. You will be much happier. I got mine from R&L Electronics.

Sam
W3OHM

P.S. You probably won't touch the MFJ once you have the NanoVNA


Re: V2 aliexpress sellers

 

Hi Gabriel,



I have bought H4 from eTool Store on Ali.
Pls, what can tell me about it ? Can you?

Just for my curiosity.




Thanks, Milo?


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Od: Gabriel Tenma White <OwOwOwOwO123@...>
Komu: [email protected]
Datum: 18. 6. 2020 19:08:17
P?edm¨§t: Re: [nanovna-users] V2 aliexpress sellers
"A new review posted on an Aliexpress listings reads "The device is
original, which was confirmed by the developer."

I don't remember confirming any device as original. That store used to
get their V2s from shengxun, but switched to selling clones some time
ago. If you really want to be sure you can always PM me before buying.

Most clones of the V2 now perform ok, but consider buying from the
Tindie store/nanorfe if you want to support the original developers
(only these two stores remit a percentage of profit to the developers).




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Re: Nanovna and MacBook

 

Thanks for the tip on using Automator. I¡¯ve had this Macbook Pro for 5 years now and never even looked at it. I will certainly look at it now. I think I may not have jumped to using it becuase I am so comfortable using a terminal on so many different OSes that I never gave it a thought!
-rick

On Jun 18, 2020, at 07:22, warnergt via groups.io <warnergt@...> wrote:

I installed nanovna-saver-0.2.2 on my Mac and it works perfectly in MacOS (I use the latest Catalina 10.15.5).
I wish I could remember exactly how I installed it.
I do know that I can invoke it from a terminal command line with: NanoVNASaver

Then, I created a simple script to run it:

##!/bin/bash
NanoVNASaver

Then, I used Apple's Automator to create what looks like and app to run that script.
Thus, NanoVNASaver looks like a regular app on my Mac. I simply double-click on the icon and it starts up.


Re: Nanovna and MacBook

Craig Taylor
 

Thank you all for sharing your information. Time to make a purchase and move forward. More questions may follow.
73,
W9OD


Re: NanoVNA first impressions: did I just get a bad one? #nanovna-h_v3dot4 #calibration #edy555_nanovna

Peter Ide-Kostic
 

I don't think any nanovna "V1" can work with good accuracy above 900 Mhz,
whatever "flavor". For all my measurements above 300 Mhz, I use another VNA
offering a much better dynamic range.
A nanovna "V2" is what is needed to work above 900 Mhz not a "V1"

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 2:10 PM <iyerak@...> wrote:

Hi! I'm new to this group and just received my NanoVNA-H. I discovered
some issues, and would appreciate the advice of members in this group on
the following four questions. Thanks in advance!

1. A full calibration to the end of the supplied cables and up to the
maximum frequency of 1.5GHz gave me good results when I connected the
short/open (S11~0dB) and load (S11~-50dB) standards to ch0. However, when I
connected the thru standard, S11 was between 15-20dB at most. This sounds
really poor, given that the thru is supposed to be a matched 50-ohm
connector.
2. Measurement of a microstrip double-stub bandstop filter at 1GHz showed
an S21 curve that unnaturally flattens out at about -20dB from
approximately 900MHz to 1.1GHz, rather than dipping down to about -50dB,
which is what full-sized VNAs show.
3. All my measurements show something weird around 900MHz, like a
discontinuity in the curves. I know that the NanoVNA-H switches over to the
3rd harmonic from 900MHz to 1.5GHz and the dynamic range is reduced, but
why shouldn't the curves be continuous?
4. Finally, just a question: has anyone had luck finding the properties
(e.g. capacitances, inductances, phase offsets, etc.) of the supplied
calibration standards, so that they can be entered into NanoVNA-saver?

Thank you!




Re: What apps use Touchstone files? #applications

Peter Ide-Kostic
 

I export the nanovna touchstone files into simsmith where I can make
different simulations/adaptations

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:28 PM warnergt via groups.io <warnergt=
[email protected]> wrote:

I used to use Touchstone many, many years ago. It was a great program.
I haven't worked with S parameters for a long time so I'm out of touch
with the currently available applications.
What current applications work like Touchstone and/or work with Touchstone
files?




Re: What apps use Touchstone files? #applications

 

I had completely forgotten about Les Besser.
He was great -- and one really smart guy.
I met him somewhere -- perhaps at one of the
microwaves courses he used to teach.