I have not found any upgrade for the NanoVNA that required any "learning
curve" besides what was needed initially to learn the instrument. Operation
has been as it always was.
Some of the improvements included more samples per frequency segment you
wished to look at, and adding a display of the frequencies to the memories.
This was a great addition to me, as before I always forgot what frequency
ranges I had put in each memory and had to go through each one to find out.
There have been other "transparent" improvements in the upgrades which I
didn't even notice, but helped out.
Zack W9SZ
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 4:20 AM David Wilcox K8WPE via groups.io
<Djwilcox01@...> wrote:
Somehow you all missed my point a few days ago¡.. much of the upgrades in
firmware are beyond the pay grade of many of the initial users. Until one
gets used to using the nano (or your handheld or any new radio tool you
have) and performing the tasks it was originally designed for WHY have new
features that one doesn¡¯t need or understand? The learning curve of
upgrading (especially if you have never done it before) can be intimidating
and an error makes your nano useless. It¡¯s always nice to have the latest
greatest whatever but much of the time it isn¡¯t needed. My initial H4 nano
from R&L Electronics still does all I have needed it for. Someday when I
get snowed in or whatever I might look into upgrading but if I don¡¯t need
the new features why bother?
There are those who need to have the latest greatest and for them that is
fine but many of the upgrades are for special needs that don¡¯t apply to all
of us. Maybe if I had a local guru walk me through upgrades a few times I
might change my mind but doing an upgrade just to do it doesn¡¯t make sense.
If it isn¡¯t broken why fix it? I originally had a guru help me set up my
DMR handheld and hotspot and then he moved away¡.. it still does what I
need even though there have been upgrades to the AnyTone 878. I am still
having fun and haven¡¯t needed to write an email here because I screwed up
and bricked my handheld or nano. The newest young guru in our club goes
through it all so fast I can¡¯t keep up. He¡¯s not a good teacher even though
willing to do upgrades on some things¡. But not the nano yet, just DMR.
Case in point¡. Windows upgrades! How many issues occur every time that
happens? It sure generates a multitude of emails to the various QRP groups
I follow. Even Linux seems to have multiple upgrades of each version¡. What
to do?
Dave K8WPE since 1960 and still having fun with my limited knowledge and
initial firmware.
David J. Wilcox¡¯s iPad
On Jul 12, 2022, at 11:24 PM, Jim Shorney <jimNU0C@...> wrote:
?
But if your wife wants to "upgrade" her shoes do you tell her no? :D
The bottom line with upgrades is stuff works better. Who doesn't want
that? The developers are very quick to fix bugs so you can be pretty
confident that the latest stable version that is out there won't be buggy.
Could a new bug surface that no one has caught yet? Sure. That is true of
literally everything that uses software/firmware. But it probably won't be
anything major if it took a while to surface.
73
-Jim
NU0C
On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:10:55 -0700
"alex" <alex@...> wrote:
Right. The question should be "am I missing something I want to use
right now or am I using something that has a bug and should be repaired
right now." If you don't know what you're missing and all your tests are
performed well, why should you upgrade. Yeah some bugs might be solved, but
others could enter just your tests. This is like a married man who wants an
upgrade of his wife, is it necessary, is it broken?
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