Re: Protecting your TinySA from damage
If you have male-to-female connector savers on your SA they make a nice handy touch point for grounding yourself when you pick up the unit.
73
-Jim
NU0C
"Roger Need via groups.io"
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Jim Shorney
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
Just tried the self test with some $900 GORE jumper cables and it passes all the time with 77, well so far. I wonder if its an noise issue, I have TONS of RFI here and the GORE is much better
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N8AUM
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Re: Protecting your TinySA from damage
Don't cheat yourself out of owning one of the finest pieces of test equipment available to the hobbyist/experimenter/ham radio enthusiast.? Buy from one of the suggested
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Jim Allyn - N7JA
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Re: Protecting your TinySA from damage
Roger -
Mine failed right out of the box and appears to be a clone model which I had no clue existed. Shipping back to seller tomorrow and will probably scratch the idea of buying one now.
On Sun,
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JOE REESER
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Re: Protecting your TinySA from damage.
I had some difficulty getting the link to work but copy and paste it to the
Google search window worked FB.
A good read and excellent info to keep in mind for the Tinysa and the
whatever flavour of
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John
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Protecting your TinySA from damage
Some users have unfortunately experienced TinySA failures.? Some may be from production issues but others are probably due to exceeding safe levels at the input or perhaps from ESD (static)
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Roger Need
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
Hello all,
I purchased my SA from Amazon a few months ago and as far as i can tell it's the real deal?
Anyways, it never failed self test until I upgraded firmware to 77 and now it will fail about 1
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N8AUM
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
FWIW I have had no ESD issues with my early TinySA and I don't exactly baby it. It may be because after 30+ years of working with PCs both professionally and as a hobby I have developed ESD-safe
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Jim Shorney
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
There is some ESD protection when the attenuator is set to manual minimum 10dB.
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Erik Kaashoek
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
Test 12 tests the attenuator so it's normal test 12 fails. As the levels are off due to wrong attenuator some other test may be critical . Not a real
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Erik Kaashoek
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
Hello All;
Hello:? ?My tinySA appears to have an attenuator issue also... it's a real unit, from R&L. I have also verified the PCB etc.
My testing shows a large attenuator error pic 1, and pict 2
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stephenmahrer@...
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#2811
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
I wonder if there are some static issues. Not having a schematic I wonder if there is ESD protection on the input. An analyzer that can only be used if it is in a static free environment is kinda
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John Cunliffe W7ZQ
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Clone
#tinysa
I received my cloned TinySA too
Failure in tests 7 and 8
Seller => Tools & Meter Store ( https://pt.aliexpress.com/store/5054200?spm=a2g0o.detail.100005.1.11e13c63JzdgpG
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Júnior PY2ADA
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
Thanks, as long is you did not have the antenna close to a transmitter antenna it should be ok
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Erik Kaashoek
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
I hadn't had it long and hadn't used it with anything other than the included antenna and hooking it up to itself.? I suppose it could have been hit with static, but I was mindful of that when I was
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Nicholas R
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Re: New FW release: Corrected hang after display test fail
The self test is the diagnostics for the signal path HW and the touch test for the display/touch HW
What else do you need?
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Erik Kaashoek
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Re: New FW release: Corrected hang after display test fail
Hello Eric and TNX 4 all the hard work!!!
Have you written any diagnostic firmware to help trouble shoot these little marvels ?
73 N8AUM Vidas
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N8AUM
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Re: Self Test Fail
Can you post a photo of the back of the tinySA and photo's of the screen of tests 6 and 8 failing
You may have a bad clone
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Erik Kaashoek
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Self Test Fail
Thanks for allowing me to join. I just received my Tiny SA this week and performed the self test diagnostics. Unfortunately there were errors present during this. I'd like to know the issue that I'm
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JOE REESER
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#2803
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Re: New tinySA failing Self-test after FW upgrade
Nicholas,
What type of sources have used in combination with the tinySA?
Any sources that generate possibly more than +10dB?
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Erik Kaashoek
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