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I got my first Nano VNA yesterday, a friend who used to live 10 miles away, now lives 1000 miles away bought it for me along with jumpers and adapters. Today I set up "presets" for 80, 40, 20, and 2 meters.
I researched a bit and found out it could be a small SD card, all I had was some 64-gig and one 16-gig card, well the 64 failed but I did manage to format the 16 to fat32 and that just got finished can see this device is going to be very handy, and a bit of a challenge, but that is OK. I have always believed that learning is a lifelong experience, and if you stop learning you stop living.
As I try to learn more about this thing, I am sure I will be visiting this page frequently.

It is a very powerful and useful device despite its size and cost. I have
used mine for many purposes including using the TDR function recently to
troubleshoot a feed line/antenna problem of a local FM station. I am also
using it to get an antenna system going for the 630 meter band. I myself
have never felt the need to connect mine to a computer. I just read what it
displays and write down any numbers I need.

On Sat, Mar 8, 2025, 8:07 PM Ryan Trullinger (KC0QNB) via groups.io
<rt83021@...> wrote:

I got my first Nano VNA yesterday, a friend who used to live 10 miles
away, now lives 1000 miles away bought it for me along with jumpers and
adapters. Today I set up "presets" for 80, 40, 20, and 2 meters.
I researched a bit and found out it could be a small SD card, all I had
was some 64-gig and one 16-gig card, well the 64 failed but I did manage to
format the 16 to fat32 and that just got finished can see this device is
going to be very handy, and a bit of a challenge, but that is OK. I have
always believed that learning is a lifelong experience, and if you stop
learning you stop living.
As I try to learn more about this thing, I am sure I will be visiting this
page frequently.

YouTube is your best friend!

Matthew
KD6KVH

I first used a VNA when I was in Engineering within a National Broadcasting Network (CBC) and we used it for optimizing our transmitters and antenna systems. As a Young engineer it was an eye opener to see the physical display of and RF device, which prior to this was literally only a mathematical exercise. Carrying a VNA into the field was unheard of. Later when I moved on to a TELCO and became involved in the Cellular aspect go the RF Filtering and Antennas I had to design a carrying case to enable the carrying of the VNA into the field for compliance testing, all be it at the ground level. Now with the evolution of the NanoVNA you can literally take the device up the tower to the antenna in question. As a Field instrument the NanoVNA is a vast improvement which I see improving over time and becoming a much have in the Ham Shack as an indispensable tool. the capabilities of the NanoVNA will open doors which other wise were purely the domain of the skilled mathematician. Using the NanoVNA is literal proof of "Seeing Is Believing" type of device.