Re: Wideband antenna
So, I asked ChatGPT and gave me this answer:
Is "shortcut formula" good enough for my use-case?
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Mihai
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#19939
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Re: Auto Save Issues
Thank you. I think I found the line in the code to edit.
Thanks again.
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jetheridge33@...
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#19938
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Re: Zelftest 3: signal level critical
Search *ESD* in the Messages section for more information
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Bill Retzner
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#19937
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Re: Auto Save Issues
The source of the tinySA is on github.
You can change this value in the code and build a new FW
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Designer of the tinySA
For more info go to https://tinysa.org/wiki
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Erik Kaashoek
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#19936
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Re: Zelftest 3: signal level critical
The selftest shows that U22 needs to be replaced, no problem
But I see D4 at the RF input. Is this a real diode? There is no recognizable marking on the part.
Because if so this tests blown also. What
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pa3jem@...
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#19935
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Re: Wideband antenna
Thank you all for recommending affordable log periodic antennas!
The PCTEL OP451 ( 450 MHz – 6 GHz, vertical polarization) I found is around $90 (used, not new).
Is it worth that price tag?
As I
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Mihai
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#19934
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Re: Auto Save Issues
Hi Erik,
I have tried to all options that I know of to get the TinySA Ultra ZS405 to auto save traces as fast as possible. The best I can get is every 30 seconds. There seems to be a hard cutoff in
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jetheridge33@...
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#19933
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Re: Wideband antenna
WA5VJB makes several log periodics:
https://www.wa5vjb.com/products1.html
Note, Kent spent a LOT of time developing these antennas. They are made for
a specific dielectric constant for FR4/G10. The
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Zack Widup
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#19932
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Re: Wideband antenna
There are also available printed LPs with included antenna factors already
documented. And.... considerably less $$ than the referenced Amazon
units. Just do a www search.
Dave -
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W0LEV
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#19931
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Re: Wideband antenna
I use this PC board-based log-periodic antenna for EMI searching: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NS8M3Y1
To be reasonably useful I put a preamp right on the antenna connector.
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Donald S Brant Jr
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#19930
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Re: Wideband antenna
My goal is to have a "good-enough" and cost-effective antenna for the 600 MHz - 6 GHz spectrum
As a probe for scanning how the spectrum is occupied and at what power levels are the signals.
I think I
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Mihai
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#19929
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Re: Determining antenna factor
Hi Charlie,
Can I assume G is dBi not dBd
Cheers Dave
[email protected]> wrote:
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VK3DPM Dave
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#19928
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Re: Wideband antenna
Hello Dave
I'd be interested to know more about your disc dipole experiment, size and materials etc?
A Google search brought up nothing.
73s Tracey G5VU
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Tracey Gardner G5VU
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#19927
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Re: Wideband antenna
A better option to the discone is the bicone. Sure, it's larger, but
behaves a bit more like the LP over frequency, but without the
directionality. For his purpose, the discone may serve as the
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W0LEV
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#19926
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Re: Wideband antenna
I agree 100%, Dave.
At least if directionality is the goal.
Since the OP originally posted a vertical antenna, I presumed he wanted omni-directionality with flat gain over a large bandwidth.
And if
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Stan Dye
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#19925
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Re: Determining antenna factor
I presume G is gain. Is that in dB or the numerical ratio before the
10log[ratio]?
Dave - W?LEV
[email protected]> wrote:
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*Dave - W?LEV*
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W0LEV
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#19924
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Re: Wideband antenna
The Schwartzbeck log periodic is by far the better antenna. They offer a
far flatter response response and are directional. Directionality allows
one to do a better job of finding RF emission
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W0LEV
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#19923
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Re: Wideband antenna
In general, a log-periodic antenna will give flatter gain response over a wide frequency range than will a vertical antenna.
But the log-periodic antenna is more directional (in the direction of the
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Stan Dye
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#19922
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Re: Wideband antenna
I am asking first about the PCTEL OP451 antenna, but also in comparison with, say, a Schwarzbeck USLP 9143 Log Antenna ( http://schwarzbeck.de/Datenblatt/K9143B.pdf )
As I need the antenna as a mobile
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Mihai
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#19921
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Re: Determining antenna factor
Close...
https://www.everythingrf.com/rf-calculators/antenna-factor-calculator
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Mihai
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#19919
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