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Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 10:06 AM, EB4APL wrote:

Which Acrobat version are you using to open this file and others
generated by the deepl translator? I have version 9 Pro Extended and it
refuses to open it, saying that an updated version is needed. Checking
with the Acrobat update function it says that there is not any update
available.
It opens fine on one of my old computer using Adobe Reader 11 and also with the latest version of Adobe Reader DC for Windows.

Roger


Ubuntu PPA or .deb installation

 

Hello, is there possible to use a "standard" way (PPA, .deb) to install NanoVNA-Saver?
Thanks


Re: Traces refresh rate slows down with fw 1.0.69 #nanovna-h4

 

Hello
I had the same problem you have.
For me, with a H4 also, FW originally was 1.0.39.
Then i updated and up until 1.0.53 the traces work at "normal" speed. (i tested this, starting from 1.0.69, it was slow like you describe it. 1.0.64 doesn't work at all on my H4, black screen)

I tested clear config and restart with 1.2.00, no luck. (i reduced the sweep points to 51 and it took "only" about 20 sek for a sweep, but no useful readout connected to my DemoKit 6.5MHz BSF)

Then i saw in the vna beta group, that there is a 1.2.02 version.
I installed it and heureka, it sweeps even faster, than 1.0.53.

I hope that helps

73 de HB9SFG


Re: nanovna-saver/displayed charts/S11 R/¦Ø & X/¦Ø (?? / Hz)

F1AMM
 

OK. Thank you Simec Already, it works. But I don't see the notice.


Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

Hi Roger,

Which Acrobat version are you using to open this file and others generated by the deepl translator? I have version 9 Pro Extended and it refuses to open it, saying that an updated version is needed. Checking with the Acrobat update function it says that there is not any update available.

Regards,

Ignacio

El 06/07/2022 a las 18:10, Roger Need via groups.io escribi¨®:
On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 06:03 AM, F1AMM wrote:

It's a pity that your pages are not in HTML; it would have allowed Chrome to
translate them to me in French, online. In English, I can't follow.
Use the deepl translator. It will translate pdf files and keep them in the same format as the original.


Attached is a translation to French of one of Arie Kleingeld PA3A English articles

Roger

Here is

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Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

I found this online (
):
[image: image.png]
As with air wound inductors, the inductance for fixed ?r, the inductance
varies as the square of the number of turns. The ? in the above equations
should be the ?r of the toroid material times ?o (of free space).

So the scaling between 33 turns and 21 turns would be [21 / 33]^2 or
0.401. If you measured 36 ?H with 33 turns, you should have 33 ?H x 0.401
= 13.4 ?H with 21 turns. Of course, the 33 turns is with 0.1 mm and the 21
?H is with 0.2 mm. But with a larger core, I would expect greater
inductance than the original 0.1 mm core.

Bear in mind that the tolerance in ?r from unit-to-unit may be as much as
20%. This is quite normal even with toroids from the same batch from the
manufacturer.

Dave - W?LEV

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:29 AM F1AMM <18471@...> wrote:

Hello

I have very little experience with toroids. I made some RUTHROFF
transformers but nothing more. On my cores, I note that the Al is not
constant. Is this normal ?

TORUS
====
Outside diameter ? 10 mm
Inner diameter ? ~ 5 mm
height 5mm

Self of 33 turns of ? 0.1 mm
--------------------------------------
Bridge measurement BF Z serie
120Hz: 36.75?H 0.443 Ohms
1kHz: 36.34?H 0.447 Ohm
10kHz: 36.08?H 0.455 Ohms
100kHz: 35.91?H 0.635 Ohms

Self of 21 turns of ? 0.2 mm
--------------------------------------
Bridge measurement BF Z serie
120Hz: 8.081?H 0.0764 Ohms
1kHz: 8.122?H 0.0764 Ohm
10kHz: 8.112?H 0.0771 Ohms
100kHz: 8.084?H 0.112 Ohms

Calculation of aL ? (it-is good ?)
=============
Self 33 turns: 33 nH/turn?
Self 21 turns: 18 nH/turn?

73 QRO
F1AMM (Fran?ois)





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Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 09:29 PM, F1AMM wrote:


Hello

I have very little experience with toroids. I made some RUTHROFF transformers
but nothing more. On my cores, I note that the Al is not constant. Is this
normal ?
Yes the Al will vary with frequency for ferrite toroids. The reason is that the permeability of the ferrite toroid varies with frequency and the Mix (31,43, 75) etc. has a significant effect. Powdered iron Al only varies slightly with frequency.

Most of the online ferrite toroid calculators only provide good results at low frequencies. Here is an excellent online calculator for you to try >>

Roger


Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 06:03 AM, F1AMM wrote:


It's a pity that your pages are not in HTML; it would have allowed Chrome to
translate them to me in French, online. In English, I can't follow.
Use the deepl translator. It will translate pdf files and keep them in the same format as the original.


Attached is a translation to French of one of Arie Kleingeld PA3A English articles

Roger

Here is


Re: nanovna-saver/displayed charts/S11 R/¦Ø & X/¦Ø (?? / Hz)

 

And, speaking of Smith Charts, if you haven't yet discovered SimSmith, give
it a try. It's free.



There is also an excellent tutorial linked from that site.

Dave - W?LEV

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:04 AM F1AMM <18471@...> wrote:

Thank you Victor
Hi there

I did well to tell you clearly what I did not understand. Our linguistic
difference plus character encoding problems had greatly scrambled the
transmission. The ? which had been transformed into mu was formidable.

The ""S11 R/¦¸ & X/¦¸"" is what is written on the graph of nanovna-saver

In summary what I understood:

From S11, nanovna-saver calculation Z

When you write Z'=Z/¦Ø you are using the real Z or the reduced z=Z/Zc where
Zc is the normalization impedance (50 ?).

Then nanovna-saver draws the graph of Z' as a function of F= ¦Ø/2¦Ð by
separating the real part from the imaginary part.

I do some development in C#. I wrote a grinder to, from a CSV, draw a
graph in a .DXF The grinder was in fact to make topographic plotting. These
.DXF (like .DWG but ASCII) I manipulate them with nanoCAD, a version of
which is free. It turns out that in the Smith chart the rectangular
coordinates of the chart (horizontal and vertical) are the coordinates of
S11 (the normalized reflection coefficient with respect to Zc). I have a
Smith chart in bitmap as well as a vectorized chart in my .DXF and I can
superimpose quite easily:
-Theoretical curves, derived from calculations
-Measurements, by processing nanovna-saver .S1P files

It is with sed I transform the .S1P into .CSV I can control this .CSV in
Excel and do calculations on it. It is a very powerful aid.

73 QRO
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Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

F1AMM
 

I have a lot of bad luck with Adobe. I had a CS3 version with Acrobat 8 pro (+ license) but it refuses to work. With Adobe it's hard problems. It is therefore insoluble for me to translate your .pdf and it is a pity.

The EZNEC notice is provided, among other things, in Word (.doc). It's impeccable: I converted it into HTML and Google translated it for me into almost perfect French. At least with Google it works.


Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

Hi,

You can translate it doing the following:

?- Open the document with Adobe Acrobat

- Select the whole text and do copy (Ctrl-C)

- in your navigator go to go to

- In the left panel copy the original text

- In the right panel select your language (i.e French). The translated text will appear there.

- Select the translated text, copy it to your favorite word processor and paste it there.

Now you can correct the translated text to make it more understandable and even you can add the pictures from the origin.

Let me know if you have any difficulty with this.

Regards,

Ignacio EB4APL

El 06/07/2022 a las 15:03, F1AMM escribi¨®:
It's a pity that your pages are not in HTML; it would have allowed Chrome to translate them to me in French, online. In English, I can't follow.

thanks anyway


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Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

F1AMM
 

It's a pity that your pages are not in HTML; it would have allowed Chrome to translate them to me in French, online. In English, I can't follow.

thanks anyway


Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

 

Hi,

I wrote several articles on nanoVNA measurements.

You can find them in English here:

There's also a part about determening toriods, mu's and AL.

73

Arie PA3A

Op 4-7-2022 om 18:51 schreef tomas.geci@...:

Dear OM, I'm interested about various measurements with NanoVNA but now I'm fighting with some fundamental questions not related only to nano VNA. but still unable to find answers, even after reading a lot of articles (for example k9yc, palomar engineers, and not only...)

- when I will try to determine ferrite core material by inductance and AL value, how can I be sure about right frequency for inductance? inductance could vary with frequency (various permeability) and then my AL value calculation could be wrong.
- I read somewhere that chokes need higher AL value then transformers. Why chokes requires higher AL value and transformers lower? It is because in chokes big AL value means high inductance with small amount of winding and wire and then high impedance for common mode currents with good efficiency?

Many thanks for answers, hope I will find an answer even when it is not simple topic ?

sources which I used:







Re: Perfect SWR with dummy load, but huge with antenna

 

I agree.? It matters what you consider a good antenna.? We hams tend to want to see a 1:1 VSWR as a good value, but in the commercial world a VSWR of 1.5:1 (14dB RL) is considered acceptable.? Just look at the spec sheets of a commercial antenna and you will usually see 1.5:1 listed as Maximum VSWR.? As long as most commercial antennas sweep 14dB return loss or better over the design bandwidth of the antenna it would generally be considered good.

Joe, K1ike

On 7/6/2022 12:34 AM, Clyde Lambert wrote:
Just being a commercial antenna does not mean it is a good antenna.


Re: Perfect SWR with dummy load, but huge with antenna

 

Fitst check continuity before all with and without short circuit on the
antenna itself!

73 Olivier F6CNG

Le dim. 3 juil. 2022 ¨¤ 09:21, Lucian <lucian@...> a ¨¦crit :

Thanks, but you were too quick to dismiss the human factor..

It wasn't until this morning that I realised the antenna is rp-sma female
and the nanovna is sma female.. They will screw in perfectly, yet no core
contact... facepalm.

I'll need to buy some adapters.

Have a nice day!






Re: Traces refresh rate slows down with fw 1.0.69 #nanovna-h4

 

I understand these comments but have read so many emails where the questioner was advised to go back to a certain firmware because the ¡°latest greatest¡± wasn¡¯t working. Just my opinion. Some are luckier than others. I tend to be unlucky with upgrades.

Dave K8WPE

David J. Wilcox¡¯s iPad

On Jul 5, 2022, at 8:00 PM, Donald S Brant Jr <dsbrantjr@...> wrote:

?But old firmware DOES have "broke" stuff in the form of bugs, etc., that is why the authors push out the new releases.
73, Don N2VGU





Re: Perfect SWR with dummy load, but huge with antenna

 

Just being a commercial antenna does not mean it is a good antenna. If you want to make sure the NanoVNA is either hood or bad, check out the antenna exactly the same way you did with the NanoVNA.
I have questioned the results of my NanoVNA but proved it correct with my four other antenna analyzers.
Clyde Lambert KC7BJE


Re: Measuring AL value via NanoVNA #coils #transformer

F1AMM
 

Hello

I have very little experience with toroids. I made some RUTHROFF transformers but nothing more. On my cores, I note that the Al is not constant. Is this normal ?

TORUS
====
Outside diameter ? 10 mm
Inner diameter ? ~ 5 mm
height 5mm

Self of 33 turns of ? 0.1 mm
--------------------------------------
Bridge measurement BF Z serie
120Hz: 36.75?H 0.443 Ohms
1kHz: 36.34?H 0.447 Ohm
10kHz: 36.08?H 0.455 Ohms
100kHz: 35.91?H 0.635 Ohms

Self of 21 turns of ? 0.2 mm
--------------------------------------
Bridge measurement BF Z serie
120Hz: 8.081?H 0.0764 Ohms
1kHz: 8.122?H 0.0764 Ohm
10kHz: 8.112?H 0.0771 Ohms
100kHz: 8.084?H 0.112 Ohms

Calculation of aL ? (it-is good ?)
=============
Self 33 turns: 33 nH/turn?
Self 21 turns: 18 nH/turn?

73 QRO
F1AMM (Fran?ois)


Re: nanovna-saver/displayed charts/S11 R/¦Ø & X/¦Ø (?? / Hz)

F1AMM
 

Thank you Victor
Hi there

I did well to tell you clearly what I did not understand. Our linguistic difference plus character encoding problems had greatly scrambled the transmission. The ? which had been transformed into mu was formidable.

The ""S11 R/¦¸ & X/¦¸"" is what is written on the graph of nanovna-saver

In summary what I understood:

From S11, nanovna-saver calculation Z

When you write Z'=Z/¦Ø you are using the real Z or the reduced z=Z/Zc where Zc is the normalization impedance (50 ?).

Then nanovna-saver draws the graph of Z' as a function of F= ¦Ø/2¦Ð by separating the real part from the imaginary part.

I do some development in C#. I wrote a grinder to, from a CSV, draw a graph in a .DXF The grinder was in fact to make topographic plotting. These .DXF (like .DWG but ASCII) I manipulate them with nanoCAD, a version of which is free. It turns out that in the Smith chart the rectangular coordinates of the chart (horizontal and vertical) are the coordinates of S11 (the normalized reflection coefficient with respect to Zc). I have a Smith chart in bitmap as well as a vectorized chart in my .DXF and I can superimpose quite easily:
-Theoretical curves, derived from calculations
-Measurements, by processing nanovna-saver .S1P files

It is with sed I transform the .S1P into .CSV I can control this .CSV in Excel and do calculations on it. It is a very powerful aid.

73 QRO
--
F1AMM Fran?ois

-----Message d'origine-----
De la part de Victor Reijs
Envoy¨¦ : mardi 5 juillet 2022 23:13


Re: Traces refresh rate slows down with fw 1.0.69 #nanovna-h4

 

But old firmware DOES have "broke" stuff in the form of bugs, etc., that is why the authors push out the new releases.
73, Don N2VGU