Re: Touchstone file format
#consolecommands
#docs
Did you see the example 9 and 10 from my posting below (out of touchstone rev 2.0 spec)? You can for sure store also impedance in a s1p file if you calculate the Z-parameter from S-parameter - this is
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Ho-Ro
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#29037
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Hey Doug, If you can figure out how to build and tune an antenna with the Nano after a stroke you¡¯re OK in my book (a retired family doc). The body may not follow all your commands but some of the
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David Wilcox K8WPE
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#29036
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Re: Touchstone file format
#consolecommands
#docs
In a .S1P file it is not an impedance that is described but S11 # HZ S RI R 50 6800000 0.4178235144152254 -0.6694732263322638 For each line you find in order: Frequency in Hz the real part of S11 the
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F1AMM <18471@...>
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#29035
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Re: Read polar impedance (Ohms and phase) directly?
I attach simple Excel file for the same example. It uses some of the in-built functions for dealing with complex numbers. A complete list of available functions can be found at
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Ed G8FAX
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#29034
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Touchstone file format
#consolecommands
#docs
Hi, https://github.com/Ho-Ro/nanovna-tools When developing my nanovna mini-tools, I am unclear about the "Touchstone" file format regarding the storage of Z-parameters for a one-port (nanovna_snp.py).
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Ho-Ro
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#29033
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Re: Common ground and 2-port measuring
Thanks Ed, AG6CX, An interesting read. Kind regards Ed, G8FAX
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Ed G8FAX
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#29032
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Re: Read polar impedance (Ohms and phase) directly?
Hi Francois, Here is a worked example in a simple way avoiding manipulations with the complex conjugate. Based on the example at bottom of page 3 of the document. I will start off with Zn = 2.33 +
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Ed G8FAX
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#29031
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Re: Read polar impedance (Ohms and phase) directly?
I had already browsed this website I did not find the text relevant and, as a result, I did not trust what I was reading there. It lacks, as often, many developments to understand. Example : Back to
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F1AMM <18471@...>
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#29030
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Hi Doug The 234/freq is a average, not an exact value. The real value varies with the diameter of the wire element. Much like the lad who puts 7 gal of petrol in his car, drives 243 miles,and says he
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KENT BRITAIN
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#29029
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
What's a lot of fun is to make a ground plane antenna, and then hook up a VNA, and watch how it changes as you bend things. People spend a lot of time trying to build matching networks, when often,
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Jim Lux
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#29028
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Re: Common ground and 2-port measuring
To those interested in Woodward's work, I found the 1953 paper that was referenced in the recent link. Sent FYI. Ed McCann AG6CX Sausalito
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AG6CX
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#29027
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Re: nanovna-saver question
#nanovna-saver
The ini file for NanoVNA Saver is stored in this location in Windows. C:\Users\Your user name here\AppData\Roaming\NanoVNASaver\NanoVNASaver.ini Roger
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Roger Need
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#29026
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Re: Common ground and 2-port measuring
For those wishing to wind their own baluns or even use/test commercial ones, the following may be of interest: Performance of balun with/without center-tap
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Ed G8FAX
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#29025
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Re: Common ground and 2-port measuring
Hello Jim, I already have small cores, but I am not convinced it was the right material. but I will also try to rewind 1015 transformer, another DIY project;-) I like to test always few 'roads'... By
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Victor Reijs
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#29024
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Also remember that a 1/4-wavelength radiator over a "perfect" image plane (a.k.a. "ground" plane) is not 50-ohms but more like 36 ohms. So, even at resonance, defined by +jX = - jX, the SWR will not
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W0LEV
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#29023
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Don't look at just SWR!! Look at the complex impedance R +/- jX. Look at the sign of the complex term, the +/-jX. If it is negative, it is capacitive and needs lengthening. If it is positive, it is
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W0LEV
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#29022
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Run the SWR vs frequency plot. Shortening moves the frequency ( at the minimum ) higher. For a ground plane vertical, all the elements have an effect on resonant frequency and the depth of the SWR.
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Jim Lux
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#29021
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Re: Read polar impedance (Ohms and phase) directly?
Bonjour Francois: To your first point, your expanded expression in the seventh paragraph for gamma in terms of A,B, and Zo is mathematically correct. But I will say it is not a form I have ever seen
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AG6CX
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#29020
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Re: Common ground and 2-port measuring
Jim is 100% right! Not worth "redoing" it, possibly not even possible. Not to say that when you are done you need to "weld" your wire to the soldering pad (SMD) in a way that will not get disconnected
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Miro, N9LR
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#29019
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Generally, look for where the most pronounced ¡®dip¡¯ is relative to the frequency you¡¯re tuning for. It should be close to what you¡¯re looking for. If the lowest SWR is at a lower frequency
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Greg Giglio
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