Setup: I have a 40 meter dipole at 30 feet. Feeding with 100 ft of RG8X
Measurement: 7.200 Mhz, SWR at RADIO end of COAX can be measured (For the Analysis System -- coax + antenna)
Question: Can the Reference plane be "calculated" by software. It's the location of the antenna at the END of the Coax, discounting the Feedline, perhaps by entering the Feedline Impedance and Velocity Factor and Loss?
Asked a different way:
Can the NanoVNA be used to isolate the antenna at the far end of the COAX and somehow IGNORE the impact of the COAX itself ?
I realize the best way to check the antenna is AT the feedpoint, but that is not possible right now. I'm stuck at the Radio End of the COAX and trying to determine of the DIPOLE is too long or short.
One possible "solution" IF I could take a second piece of 100' RG8X and do the calibration at the far end (OPEN, SHORT, LOAD) and push the Reference plane out to the 100' mark.
But can it be done without a second piece of COAX ??
Has anyone calibrated their NanoVNA using a long piece of coax and doing the CAL at the end of the coax before attaching to an antenna to be tested ?
Jeff, W6FCC, 3-31-2020
