Tuning a Firestick NGP antenna
I have a Firestick No Ground Plane antenna on order that I'm going to install for a friend. Reading through the reviews there are comments that you cannot use an external SWR meter to tune it. That
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Andrew Harman
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#38550
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Dave, You're onto something, but to match 25 ohms to 50 ohms you need 1/4 wavelength (electrical length) of 37 ohm (not 75 ohm) coax. This is easily achieved with two 75 ohm coaxes in parallel. I've
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Frank Donovan
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#38549
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Back to your question: no, you can't just turn around a 2:1 balun - that is, unless you re-wire it. If it is in a box that is easy to get to the internals, you may be able to flip the coil around -
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Stan Dye
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#38548
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
One thought would be to use a 1/4 wavelength of RG59 for example at the frequency your dipole is cut for. I did not notice that reference in your original message. This should perform the proper
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Dave Robinson
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#38547
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
I use 1:2 transformers on all bands in my stackmatches similar to this one: https://www.ebay.de/itm/266831127121?srsltid=AfmBOooImSZ0y4ti-tVjjI7S-aKbKLn1DY4_1VuzjulCvvymePiyeIPa I use it also on my
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Peter Voelpel
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#38546
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Re: NanoVNA-App SD Card
Thanks, I remembered wrong. I know the LiteVNA64 card reader function Regards Maurizio
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Maurizio IZ1MDJ
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#38545
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
40m and 20m. Anything else is a gift. Right now, system is: 1/2 wave Dp antenna to about 40ft of RG58 coax to 15T coax wound CMC on a 4" PVC form to ATU10 to rig (SDR QRP for now, eventual 200w).
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Bill WA2WIO
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#38544
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Re: NanoVNA-App SD Card
No, but LiteVNA support SD Card->Cardreader mode LiteVNA visible as external flash drive and allow direct read/write files
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DiSlord
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#38543
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Default Color dump TinySA Ultra
Could someone get the default color dump with the hex codes of the TinySA Ultra for me. I have done the upgrade, but something went wrong with the colors. The background is white, the spectrum line is
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Jouke van de Merwe
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#38542
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NanoVNA-App SD Card
Hi , The NanoVNA-App SD Card function can works with the LiteVNA64 ? Lite VNA64 FW : v1.3.31 NanoVNA-App : v1.1.216 Thanks in advance Best regards Maurizio IZ1MDJ
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Maurizio IZ1MDJ
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#38541
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Bill, Single band or multi? Because the 1:2 transformer (also use a ferrite choke) only matches the feed point essentially on one band (there will likely be some higher-order sorta-matches in there,
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Kirk Kleinschmidt, NT0Z
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Re: Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Greetings. I had a 40 meter dipole at 12' above ground with fair ground conductivity and had a feed point Z of 22 ohms and very little reactive component. I went to Balun Designs and bought a balun
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Michael Robinson <mlrobinson1953@...>
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#38539
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Dipole antenna with Low Z0 feed point Impedance
Using a VNA to measure dipole antenna feed point characteristics has been discussed. I believe this is a little different twist. I have an attic mounted 1/2 wave dipole antenna with a 20-25 ohm Z0 at
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Bill WA2WIO
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#38538
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Re: Measure transformers, inductors and trap filters
Gervais: I have good news--- I've had similar difficulties getting to understand what to do with my NanoVNA-H4. I came upon a very informative book that I bought on Amazon to read on my Kindle app in
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William Schrader
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#38537
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Re: Measure transformers, inductors and trap filters
I should note that the idea for this came from Kurt Poulsen in the VNWA group.
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Mike M
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#38536
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Re: Measure transformers, inductors and trap filters
Here is another fixture idea. The connectors are Pomona BNC female #2451 and the contacts are a Phoenix Contact #1190363. In the photos the "short" is installed. You can see that there is an easy
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Mike M
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#38535
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Re: down to two HF antennas
Because noise is pickup by the braid of your coax.
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Benjamin ON5BGO
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#38534
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Re: down to two HF antennas
Hi Barry, Did you tried to place chokes at the transceiver side and one at the feedpoint side ? That would normally solve your noise level issue. Best 73, Ben
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Benjamin ON5BGO
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#38533
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Re: Why so many different names for the firmware .DFU files?
Hi John Gord Did SAA2N & LiteVNA64 has the same firmware of NanoVna-H4 ? And did they work as good as -H4 on 10Khz-300Mhz band ? 73's Nizar
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Team-SIM SIM-Mode
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#38532
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Re: Why so many different names for the firmware .DFU files?
If you are in the US, R and L Electronics (randl.com) has the 3GHz NanoVNA SAA2N at $110 and the 6GHz LiteVNA64 at $160. I have both, and have been very happy with R and L as a supplier. --John Gord
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John Gord
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#38531
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