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Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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Agreed, I remember using an HP SA nearly 50 years ago and they were way way out of reach of the man in the street. I think this is amazing. When the dust settles I may update the firmware etc. but as is it's amazing.
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Sent: Wednesday, 14 Dec, 2022 At 22:28
Subject: [tinysa] A round of applause!
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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Applause is not enough!? Thank you Erik! ?? I might also humbly suggest that those who buy this as a cheap new toy to play with their hobby, that you please FIRST: 1) READ THE WIKI, 2) Instructions / Owners manual and 3) Watch the YouTube videos!????
Also, having had communications with Siglent, Tek and HP / Agilent / Keysight over many years about their spectrum analyzers?regarding bugs and features only rarely resulted in a partial result in 6~9 months.? Changes in operation,features, fonts and wishful enhancements?were never implemented, or even responded to.
Imre
Agreed, I remember using an HP SA nearly 50 years ago and they were way way out of reach of the man in the street. I think this is amazing. When the dust settles I may update the firmware etc. but as is it's amazing.
Andy G4HUE
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From: "THE BOSS via " <maxrotax=[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, 14 Dec, 2022 At 22:28
Subject: [tinysa] A round of applause!
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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SO SAY ALL-OF-US!!!!
On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 04:28:27 PM CST, THE BOSS via groups.io <maxrotax@...> wrote:
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you! -- George Dukish
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AGREED!? Fantastic piece of equipment, both of them.? The ULTRA
is great and filled with features I never thought possible!
Thanks Erik!
Rich
On 12/14/2022 17:28 PM, THE BOSS via
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Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who
have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team
would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product
like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be
admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with
questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the
internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the
launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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I fully believe that Erik deserves this!
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https://www.designnews.com/electronics/designcon-2023-engineer-year-nominations-are-now-open
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Hear, hear! I’ve been thinking the same thing, but couldn’t have put it so eloquently. The device is one of the highest ‘bang for the buck’ products aimed at those who work with RF, and it’s already been improved multiple times in the short week I’ve had it. Kudos to Erik and team! Best stocking stuffer ever!
Now, if frequency can be added to ‘big number’, it will be perfect. ;-)
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To show you how far we have come, I must show this picture again.?
This is a spectrum analyzer I built for INTELSAT while I was working at COMSAT Labs in Maryland.?
Please note that there is a spectrum analyzer within a spectrum analyzer.? We built two of these monsters to measure satellite EIRP.? The computer was an HP 2116B with a
whopping 16K of real ferrite core memory.
Erik, you could do this with a TinySA now.
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Kind Regards,
Dave
Dave Reiser, WA3TRS
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Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 6:18 PM
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AGREED!? Fantastic piece of equipment, both of them.? The ULTRA is great and filled with features I never thought possible!
Thanks Erik!
Rich
On 12/14/2022 17:28 PM, THE BOSS via groups.io wrote:
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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To show you how far we have come, I must show this picture again.?
This is a spectrum analyzer I built for INTELSAT while I was working at COMSAT Labs in Maryland, circa 1970.
Please note that there is a spectrum analyzer within a spectrum analyzer.? We built two of these monsters to measure satellite EIRP.? The computer was an HP 2116B with a
whopping 16K of real ferrite core memory.
Erik, you could do this with a TinySA now.
?
Kind Regards,
Dave
Dave Reiser, WA3TRS
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Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 6:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [tinysa] A round of applause!
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AGREED!? Fantastic piece of equipment, both of them.? The ULTRA is great and filled with features I never thought possible!
Thanks Erik!
Rich
On 12/14/2022 17:28 PM, THE BOSS via groups.io wrote:
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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I see a teletype, that's cool.
So this old system has one big advantage over the TinySA, it
sounds cooler ;-)
All the Best,
Isidro
Am 15.12.2022 um 02:31 schrieb DAVE
REISER X-WA3TRS:
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To show you how far we have come, I must
show this picture again.?
This is a spectrum analyzer I built for
INTELSAT while I was working at COMSAT Labs in Maryland.?
Please note that there is a spectrum
analyzer within a spectrum analyzer.? We built two of these
monsters to measure satellite EIRP.? The computer was an HP
2116B with a whopping 16K of real ferrite core memory.
Erik, you could do this with a TinySA
now.
?
Kind Regards,
Dave
Dave Reiser, WA3TRS
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AGREED!? Fantastic piece of
equipment, both of them.? The ULTRA is great and filled with
features I never thought possible!
Thanks Erik!
Rich
On 12/14/2022
17:28 PM, THE BOSS via groups.io wrote:
Guys can we have
a round of applause for Eric and the team who have managed
to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development
team would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a
product like the ultra and the ones who have know what a
feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be
admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with
questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on
the internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during
the launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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Really impressed by the TinySA family, unthinkable just a few years ago, and totally grateful for the involvement and quick support response. Congratulations Erik & team for your ingenious development and thank you very much for the happiness you have brought to hobbyists and professionals by providing us with affordable and reliable tools.
Thanks Erik!
P.S..Also, let's not forget the credit to the "hidden people never mentioned" who managed to create the little chips it is based on to get the job done.
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The fact that the TinySA can do channel power measurements is amazing. ?I have a TEK 492 which is a great “mid-80’s” machine but it cannot make channel power measurements which are so important for wideband signals and noise figure measurements. ?
Kudos to Eric and his team!
-Charlie?
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I have really been pleased with both the TinySA and TinySA Ultra that I'm constantly using them instead of my larger lab equipment. Great job Eric!!!
The fact that the TinySA can do channel power measurements is amazing.? I have a TEK 492 which is a great “mid-80’s” machine but it cannot make channel power measurements which are so important for wideband signals and noise figure measurements. ?
Kudos to Eric and his team!
-Charlie?
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Hi,
Thanks for the image(s). Parts of that remind me of the mil surplus spectrum analyzer I bought from Fair Radio years ago. It was about the size of a small refrigerator like the one some of us have in the shop for -umm- refreshments. It weighed a lot more than that fridge!
I used up all the life that was left in that beast and was without an SA until the tinySA came along. It is worlds of improvement over that old clunker I had. I have two tinySAs (one to ruin and a spare) and now the Ultra model too. My sweet wife doesn't know it is her Christmas gift to me ;)
In the intervening years I started a homebrew spectrum analyzer project and have some of the stages working. I based mine on a solid state TV tuner so you can well imagine it needed a lot more than a little extra circuitry. The whole thing is analog - no digital stuff whatsoever. I have been thinking now that I have the new devices (and nanoVNA too) that I might dust off the parts and see if I can complete that project. Not that I need it any more. It might be a fun exercise. The tinySA(s) and the info that has arrived with them will probably help with that project. There is no way it will ever be the size or capability of the tinySA but a fun exercise.
73,
Bill KU8H
bark less - wag more
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On 12/14/22 20:31, DAVE REISER X-WA3TRS wrote:
To show you how far we have come, I must show this picture again.
This is a spectrum analyzer I built for INTELSAT while I was working at COMSAT Labs in Maryland.
Please note that there is a spectrum analyzer within a spectrum analyzer.? We built two of these monsters to measure satellite EIRP.? The computer was an HP 2116B with a whopping 16K of real ferrite core memory.
Erik, you could do this with a TinySA now.
Kind Regards,
Dave
*Dave Reiser, WA3TRS*
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*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *K3RWN
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2022 6:18 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [tinysa] A round of applause!
AGREED!? Fantastic piece of equipment, both of them.? The ULTRA is great and filled with features I never thought possible!
Thanks Erik!
Rich
On 12/14/2022 17:28 PM, THE BOSS via groups.io wrote:
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who
have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team
would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product
like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be
admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with
questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the
internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the
launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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Hi Bill,
I remember that big old spectrum analyzer from Hewlett-Packard. When I first started working after college, it was in the laboratories of COMSAT (Communication Satellite Corporation) here in Washington DC. The thing was a monster for sure. I remember the Hewlett-Packard salesman coming to visit us to teach us how to use it properly. That was probably back in 1966 to 1967.
The system shown in the photograph had C band input which was down converted to the standard 70 MHz IF frequency. We would then tune to a carrier, switch in a 70 MHz filter and measure the power. We calibrated the system using Cassiopeia A as our known noise source. We also had an FM threshold extension receiver that was used to measure deviation. Those were the good old analog days. Now everything is digital.
I bought the TinySA as a toy. It was after I got interested in software defined radios. I had dreams of tuning into the HF ham bands, but I would need a decent antenna. It works better on 2 m. Then I bought an AnyTone 878 DMR HT and I have forgotten about the HF bands. I've never had equipment for nor worked the HF bands. What the heck I am a microwave engineer. Or at least I was.
Have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Kind Regards,
Dave
Dave Reiser, WA3TRS
Phone: 301-216-5394
Mobile: 301-802-1929
Email: davereiser@...
520 Russell Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Cromwell Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2022 2:24 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [tinysa] A round of applause! Hi, Thanks for the image(s). Parts of that remind me of the mil surplus spectrum analyzer I bought from Fair Radio years ago. It was about the size of a small refrigerator like the one some of us have in the shop for -umm- refreshments. It weighed a lot more than that fridge! I used up all the life that was left in that beast and was without an SA until the tinySA came along. It is worlds of improvement over that old clunker I had. I have two tinySAs (one to ruin and a spare) and now the Ultra model too. My sweet wife doesn't know it is her Christmas gift to me ;) In the intervening years I started a homebrew spectrum analyzer project and have some of the stages working. I based mine on a solid state TV tuner so you can well imagine it needed a lot more than a little extra circuitry. The whole thing is analog - no digital stuff whatsoever. I have been thinking now that I have the new devices (and nanoVNA too) that I might dust off the parts and see if I can complete that project. Not that I need it any more. It might be a fun exercise. The tinySA(s) and the info that has arrived with them will probably help with that project. There is no way it will ever be the size or capability of the tinySA but a fun exercise. 73, Bill KU8H bark less - wag more On 12/14/22 20:31, DAVE REISER X-WA3TRS wrote:
To show you how far we have come, I must show this picture again.
This is a spectrum analyzer I built for INTELSAT while I was working
at COMSAT Labs in Maryland.
Please note that there is a spectrum analyzer within a spectrum
analyzer.? We built two of these monsters to measure satellite EIRP.
The computer was an HP 2116B with a whopping 16K of real ferrite core
memory.
Erik, you could do this with a TinySA now.
Kind Regards,
Dave
*Dave Reiser, WA3TRS*
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*From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *K3RWN
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2022 6:18 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [tinysa] A round of applause!
AGREED!? Fantastic piece of equipment, both of them.? The ULTRA is
great and filled with features I never thought possible!
Thanks Erik!
Rich
On 12/14/2022 17:28 PM, THE BOSS via groups.io wrote:
Guys can we have a round of applause for Eric and the team who
have managed to produce such a dandy device.
I'm sure Eric would want feedback on things the development team
would like to attend and have a look at.
Not sure how many of us have produced and manufactured a product
like the ultra and the ones who have know what a feat this is,
The quality and getting so many features right has got to be
admired besides the potential risks involved in the process.
So could we please keep this in mind and not come up with
questions we should really solve ourselves by reading up on the
internet.
Just felt like Eric should have a more relaxed time during the
launch, Thanks and best wishes to all of you!
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DAVE REISER WA3TRS
W5CDT