Re: Selection of nanoNVA for HAM radio use??
Most hams are happy with the -H4. Dave - W?LEV <bill.french.epsom@...> wrote: -- *Dave - W?LE
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W0LEV
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#40224
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Re: Selection of nanoNVA for HAM radio use??
If you are going to be doing outdoor work, I strongly recommend the H4 with it's 4" screen. It is extremely difficult to distinguish between a slash zero and an 8 in bright light. Also, the H4 shows
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William French - AA1BF
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#40223
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Re: Selection of nanoNVA for HAM radio use??
if not going above 900 mhz , get the nano h4, get from randl electronics, it will NOT be a clone.
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[email protected]
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#40222
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Re: Selection of nanoNVA for HAM radio use??
Make certain that you are buying a genuine nanoVNA and not a knockoff. The list of approved vendors can be found here... https://nanovna.com/?page_id=121 NanoVNA.com is the place to go to about your
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Terry W7AMI
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Re: Selection of nanoNVA for HAM radio use??
I bought a NanoVNA-H v3.6 recently and I am happy with it. I use it mainly for antenna tuning. Here is my little 'NanoVNA for Antenna Tuning: A Beginner's Guide': https://youtu.be/qb38VI-9tV0 Other
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Jon
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#40220
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Selection of nanoNVA for HAM radio use??
Looking at the number of different versions available on Amazon, I'm confused. Although not an abnormal state for me, I try to keep it to a minimum. Can the group make some recommendations for a
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Bob Manning N7AW
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#40219
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Meaning of new menu structure firmware version 1.2.43 since 0.5.0
Reading the sticker at the backside of two NanoVNa units I see a difference. One is HW version 4.2 and the other is HW 4.3_MS I have understood that the additional _MS refers to the MS5351M (message
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PE0CWK
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#40218
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Re: Smith Charts
Hi Peter. I limited the number of traces to two because that's the minimum number that allows comparison for optimization. I didn't think about your application, which is more documentation. To do
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Brian Beezley
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Re: Smith Charts
Hello Brian, I've been following the evolution of your Smith chart plotting and am pleased you've been able to add the feature to your plotting package. As a user of Smith charts in both RF design and
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Peter Hall, VK6HP/VK6MJM
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#40216
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Re: Smith Charts
Correct Brian. It is a clever engineering concatenation of the two descriptions for Y and Z COMBINED... Good stuff!
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alan victor
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Re: Smith Charts
Alan, when I first read this I thought it was a typo for admittance. I learned this morning that it means impedance or admittance. I have been using Y + Z for lack of a better term. The next version
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Brian Beezley
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Re: Nano H4 HW version 4.4_ZK
Hi Hugen Thanks Pse did you mean slightly better below 100Khz or below 100Mhz ? 73s Nizar
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Team-SIM SIM-Mode
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#40213
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Re: Nano H4 HW version 4.4_ZK
Thank you for your information. Kees, PE0CWK Op 30-4-2025 om 04:05 schreef Hugen via groups.io:
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PE0CWK
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#40212
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Re: Nano H4 HW version 4.4_ZK
Hello, after NXP discontinued the SA602A we designed a compatible chip for the continued production of the NanoVNA. This chip has a slightly lower noise figure, but also a slightly lower IIP3. I
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Hugen
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Re: Nano H4 HW version 4.4_ZK
If my memory serves me correctly the major difference between the ne and se version had to do with the temperature range they were spec'd over. wrote:
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William Heller
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Re: Smith Charts
This shows what I'm considering for my default Smith grid colors. The user can override the defaults for any color (except text), as shown in the second image. I may do some grid tuning before I
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Brian Beezley
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#40209
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Nano H4 HW version 4.4_ZK
At https://nanovna.com/?page_id=121 when selected Zeenko then one may order a NanoVNA H4 HW version 4.3 Enlarging the photo of the backside of the housing,? it shows HW version 4.4_ZK I found at the
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PE0CWK
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#40208
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Re: Smith Charts
I've posted a new version of the plotter with admittance here: https://k6sti.neocities.org/splot Brian
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Brian Beezley
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Re: Smith Charts
I think that having two grid colors is pretty important to help visually distinguish between the impedance and admittance grids. Traditionally impedance has been plotted in red and admittance in green
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Donald S Brant Jr
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Re: Smith Charts
That's what I was hoping, Don. It was so easy to implement! I think I'm going to leave two grid colors for another time. I could do two gray intensities without much trouble, but I don't think that
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Brian Beezley
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#40205
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