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My photographic skills are next to nil, but for the group I would like to present my "un-boxing" impression of a pre-production tinySA.

1. Hugen has been producing products for a while now and one of the ways he has set himself apart from other OEM's is with his distinctive packaging.? Fly by night cloners don't want to spend extra money reproducing hugen's custom packaging, so it helps buyers to distinguish hugen's original products from reproductions.? The? tinySA came in a 7.5" x 5" black box.? The box has a "brushed" feel to it and has a distinctive gold logo and gold lettering printed on top. If you've purchased a NanoVNA-H4 or NanoVNA-H 3.4 from hugen then you are familiar with this style package.



2. Inside the box is the tinySA with accessories.? There are molded compartments for the tinySA and all of the accessories.? There was no documentation or the Menu Structure Map that hugen usually includes with the NanoVNA. I expect by the second production run a Menu Map will make an appearance.? There is a sticker on the inside that directs the consumer to http://tinysa.org/? which re-directs to the more useful tinySA Wiki page.

? The front panel of the tinySA has the same distinctive logo as printed on the outside of the box.? Both HIGH and LOW ports are labeled and also have bi-directional arrows indicating the input/output functionality of each port. Unlike the NanoVNA, I have no complaints with the multifunction switch on top of the tinySA.? It seems more responsive than the same switch on the NanoVNA.? I even prefer it to the push buttons on the S-A-A-V2 because of my fat fingers.



3. The included accessories are:? a.) Internal battery (1950mAh??);? ?b.) one USB-C to USB-A cable;? c.) two 8.5" rg-174?? cables;? d.) one sma bullet adapter;? ?e.) one 12" telescoping antenna;? and? ?f.)? one wrist lanyard/guitar pick stylus.
? ? Sorry about the non-metric measurements, at my age its too late to learn new tricks.



4. The telescoping antenna is a thoughtful inclusion.? It allows beginners to use the tinySA by exploring the FM band and other radio bands without purchasing additional accessories.? It is also useful for sniffing out sources of EME in the shack.
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5. The rear of the tinySA has appropriate product information including: Frequency range, power specification, hardware version and serial number.


? My overall impression of the tinySA "un-boxing" experience was very positive.? It gave me a good feeling about the tinySA even before turning it on.? Erik and hugen did drop the ball and let the packaging be an after thought.

- Herb

Oh Boy--- Santa is coming in August for me....

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 06:33 AM, Lawrence Macionski wrote:

Oh Boy--- Santa is coming in August for me....

Lawrence,
? ?The was pretty much my feeling when I received the pre-production tinySA.

? ?BTW, the last sentence of the of the un-boxing should have read:

? ? "Erik and hugen did not drop the ball and let the packaging be an after thought."

? My proof? reading seems to get worse as I get older.

- Herb

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 06:44 AM, hwalker wrote:

My proof? reading seems to get worse as I get older.

Personally, coming from a cyber security situational awareness... I don't comprehend all the wireless infrastructure need and implemented other than to create electromagnetic spectrum situations.? Especially when the specific transmissions systems methods have been demonstrated very clearly to project sound as with acoustic hailing devices from the ultrasonic range to lasers... and also burn skin throughout the range of RF to microwaves like with the active denial system.? ?As with Cuba, China, Moscow and elsewhere since the 1950's and most likely prior... even with high level Diplomats, Staff and others... the dangers of sound, body and mind control weaponized systems will be actively denied.??

More reason to invest in wide frequency range portable spectrum analysis systems.? Not only for testing and detecting the typical signals, jamming, noise, static and interference potential.? Really awesome to see such price point and field capabilities.? Even if for some is only less space on the bench.?

Thanks for the review Herb and others.?

Eagerly looking forward to my order being received.? ?Neat to know can message and pay via Paypal too on Ali express.?

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Herb
I hope you don't mind, but i plan on using a couple of your pictures on my blog.? I received my TinySA today, and have been having some problems with my camera.? Your pictures of the packaging is much nicer than I was able to get.? This packaging is much nicer than I have found in similarly priced products of any type.
DuWayne KV4QB

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 11:06 PM, DuWayne Schmidlkofer wrote:

Herb
I hope you don't mind, but i plan on using a couple of your pictures on my blog.? I received my TinySA today, and have been having some problems with my camera.? Your pictures of the packaging is much nicer than I was able to get.? This packaging is much nicer than I have found in similarly priced products of any type.

DuWayne,
? ? I'm glad you found the pictures useful.? Be my guest to use them as you wish.

- Herb