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I'm new to the group, and also a new user of the H4. I am building a magnetic loop antenna and will be doing a presentation at our ham radio club about the antenna. I would like to show the test results during a live demonstration in the classroom with the antenna attached to the Nano H4 through my laptop.
I have not tried to hook up the Nano VNA H4 to my laptop yet. However, I know that it is possible to do so. Is there any drivers that I need to download, or usb ports to configure? I can navigate the VNA pretty well for basic testing without the laptop. I will be connected to the Universities in class computer from my laptop with a HDMI cable to display the Nano's results.
I'm hoping to make a stellar presentation so please offer guidance.
73's
Mark kd5smf

No problem connecting to USB, but you’ll need to choose some software to run on the PC. ?THere’s a NanoVNA App, NanoVNA-Saver (which is python under the hood), and probably others.
the user interface is different on the apps than on the vna itself (more room on the screen to spread things out)
One thing that seems to get some people (including me) is that not all USB cables are created equal - some seem only to support charging - they don’t have the data wires in them. So you might need to try more than one cable, and you should definitely test the cable you’ll use in your demo.

For what it’s worth, the NanoVNA was used to good advantage at University of Alberta during COVID. Each student got a package with soldering iron, dmm, nanovna, parts, etc. and they did all their labs at home, with the (remote) help of TAs on call. It was hugely successful.

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If you are planning on presenting the directivity and radiation pattern of
the loop, that is a better job for the TINYSA, not the NANOVNA. The
NANOVNA works in impedance space. A SA operates in the frequency space and
can easily represent amplitude as well. I believe the latter is what you
are attempting to illustrate in a live demo.

Dave - W?LEV

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:52?PM Mark via groups.io <KD5SMF=
[email protected]> wrote:

I'm new to the group, and also a new user of the H4. I am building a
magnetic loop antenna and will be doing a presentation at our ham radio
club about the antenna. I would like to show the test results during a live
demonstration in the classroom with the antenna attached to the Nano H4
through my laptop.
I have not tried to hook up the Nano VNA H4 to my laptop yet. However, I
know that it is possible to do so. Is there any drivers that I need to
download, or usb ports to configure? I can navigate the VNA pretty well
for basic testing without the laptop. I will be connected to the
Universities in class computer from my laptop with a HDMI cable to display
the Nano's results.
I'm hoping to make a stellar presentation so please offer guidance.
73's
Mark kd5smf

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Dave - W?LEV

Mark, I know of NanoVNAsaver as software to be run on your laptop. There is a little bit of a learning curve using the software but there are a number of Youtube videos on the subject too. Once you use it, you will like it even more than just poking at the NanoVNA screen. So much more info is shown on the computer. There may be other software packages but I'm not aware of any at this time. Good luck on your presentation.
Dean - KC9REN

Dean,

Had a look at the NanoVNAsaver page. The wiki does not seem to have a 'How
to get started page'. Can you please give some tips for getting started?

73

Jon, VU2JO

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 6:45?PM Dean - KC9REN via groups.io <deanberg2044=
[email protected]> wrote:

Mark, I know of NanoVNAsaver as software
to be run on your laptop. There is a little bit of a learning curve using
the software but there are a number of Youtube videos on the subject too.
Once you use it, you will like it even more than just poking at the NanoVNA
screen. So much more info is shown on the computer. There may be other
software packages but I'm not aware of any at this time. Good luck on your
presentation.
Dean - KC9REN

Mark,
If you use NanoVNA app (not NanoVNA Saver) you can remote the screen to your PC. If you have a projector or large TV display then your audience can see what you are doing right on the NanoVNA itself.

Roger

I have problems with the NanoVNAsaver this would be helpful. The app that comes up is under development
I see nothing more. Can you please give a link for what your talking about.

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From: [email protected] on behalf of Roger Need via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2025 12:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Windows 11 & NanoVNA H4

Mark,
If you use NanoVNA app (not NanoVNA Saver) you can remote the screen to your PC. If you have a projector or large TV display then your audience can see what you are doing right on the NanoVNA itself.

Roger

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 02:14 PM, CLIFTON HEAD wrote:
Hi you con download the nanovna-App at



some time is sufficient to search on the messages of one of the io.groups devoted to nanovna .
Maurizio IZ1MDJ

I have problems with the NanoVNAsaver this would be helpful. The app that
comes up is under development
I see nothing more. Can you please give a link for what your talking about.

________________________________
From: [email protected] on behalf of Roger Need via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2025 12:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] Windows 11 & NanoVNA H4

Mark,
If you use NanoVNA app (not NanoVNA Saver) you can remote the screen to your
PC. If you have a projector or large TV display then your audience can see
what you are doing right on the NanoVNA itself.

Roger