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"I think somebody should write some software (add to to Nanosaver!!!) that makes the nano work like a simple? analyzer, or a NanoVNA for dummies like me! "
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This has already been done but unfortunately, it hasn't been updated since last December. If you have any nanoVNA or NanoVNA-H, you can play with the firmware: Last release:? Also - if you have an IT background, NanoSaver is written in Python and is very modular - why not try you hand at creating a simple antenna analyser add-on? On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 12:13:40 p.m. GMT-4, Birdman <ccarrara@...> wrote:
GREAT QUESTION, GREAT THREAD!! As a newbie to ALL of this (HAM, Antenna’s, VNA’s, analyzers...) I too have a long, STEEP slope to climb to learn any of this “stuff”!? I have an IT background, so have a little tiny bit of “technical” knowledge, but not nearly anything all you smart guys have! Having said that, I bought a NanoVNA to play around with and try to learn something, and hopefully along the way learn just enough to help me setup my shack (I just ordered a radio, and researching a VHF/UHF and a HF antenna) and tune the antenna’s.? So too have pondered this same question, would I have been better off just buying a cheap, simple “Antenna analyzer”?? ? I ended up getting the nano based on it can do the same thing the analyzer does, you just have to know how.? But the “how” part is the difficult part for a newbie like myself. I think somebody should write some software (add to to Nanosaver!!!) that makes the nano work like a simple? analyzer, or a NanoVNA for dummies like me!? You select a menu item, “Analyze Antenna”, it then tells you what exactly to do, you do it and click NEXT, until it has some simple results similar to an analyzer.? And I mean dumbed down to the something like this: [START selected menu item analyze antenna] “Please connect the open calibration connector and press NEXT” “Please connect the short.....” “Please connect your antenna” “How long is your feedline: xxx meters” “Enter the HAM band you would like to test:? xx? meter band” [Scan done, results displayed] “Your antenna is tuned to:? xxx.xxxx MHz and usable from xxx.xxxx to xxx.xxxxx in this band” “Select next band to test: xx meter band” ... ... The beauty of this would be it would be quick and easy, and it would setup all the settings and parameters required on the NanoVNA and in Nanosaver for you. If somebody adds this to Nanosaver, I will offer to be the “dummy” to test it!!? ;) -- Regards, Chris |
