Re: #measurement
#measurement
Most people do a test coupon, which is essentially what you're doing. Rogers Duroid(tm) is an example. It also has low loss at microwave frequencies - the issue is the glass in FR-4. Taconic is
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Jim Lux
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Re: nanovna-saver question
#nanovna-saver
Mine goes blank for a short while and then opens ?
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Mark Savage 2E0HXP <masenville@...>
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
The best is Copperweld wire which is a steel wire with heavy copper plating. You get the strength and low cost of steel with the electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance of copper. SherpaDoug,
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Douglas Butler
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Re: Antennas
I watched the video of how that calculator works and it is a mechanical nightmare. Yes it surely is a different kind of calculator, but God help you if for some reason it quit calculating correctly.
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Fred Moore
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Re: nanovna-saver question
#nanovna-saver
Also, just wait a very long time. It takes saver two or three minutes (seems like forever) to load up all the required python stuff, after that command window opens, especially the first time you
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Stan Dye
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Re: Antennas
Those Curta calculators were the bomb for rally drivers in the '70s, but a bit rich (they still are) for my budget. The designer came up with the idea while he was in a WWII concentration camp IIRC.
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Donald S Brant Jr
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Re: nanovna-saver question
#nanovna-saver
My guess is that you may not be opening it with administrator privileges. Check your PC user account to see if it is a Standard or Adminstrator, and change as necessary. If it is already
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Stephen W9SK
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Re: nanovna-saver question
#nanovna-saver
Hello Folks, I am trying to install Nano-Saver for the first time. I downloaded Version 0.4 and unzipped it to my PC. When I run the .exe file a DOS type window opens and then NOTHING else happens.
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Glen Jenkins WB4KTF
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Re: cut/lengthen vertical antenna wire
Hi Doug, If you get round to experimenting with horizontal wires, bear in mind that the wire might stretch and sag under its own weight, depending on length and gauge of the wire. It is better to use
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Ed G8FAX
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Re: Antennas
Hi I remember my late Father had a White slide rule. He had. EE from UCLA. he used at work. Martin N6QLh
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Martin Glazer
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Re: #measurement
#measurement
Hi Christian I do lots of antennas on fiberglass PC Board, and typically the published Er value was measured at 1 kHz, At 2.4 GHz, Er is going to be in the 3.7-3.8 range.? You can check their spec
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KENT BRITAIN
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#29069
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#measurement
#measurement
Hi I have a NanoVNA V2 Plus4. I am trying to validate a PCB 50 ohm transmission line (trace) to be used for 2.4 GHz Wifi. I am using a 4 layer stack-up (1.6 mm total) with the following configuration:
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steiniche@...
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Re: Antennas
For all those slide rule fans out there. Check out this website: https://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html
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Francis
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Re: Antennas
Ok, folks, let¡¯s take the slide rule discussion offline, even though it¡¯s very interesting. I have a Pickett C18-T made for Collins Radio, amongst other slide rules and enjoy yakking about them.
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Dave Daniel
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Re: nanovna-saver question
#nanovna-saver
Upgrading to version 0.4.0 fixed this. On connect nvna-s now sets scan range to that set in the device.
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Nick
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Re: Antennas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta Photos of my Curta calculator in my left hand¡
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Larry McElhiney
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Re: Antennas
My favorite slide rule precision story: Student doing slide rule on a timed quiz and needs to multiply 2X3. He mumbles, ¡°Two times three is 5.999. Oh Hell, call it six!¡± Larry AC9OX
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Larry McElhiney
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Re: Antennas
Hi Joe Well, typically a dipole at resonance is near 70 Ohms (Resistive), and needs help in some form to get to 50 Ohms. Making the dipole longer, or shorter, Is moving around those complex
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KENT BRITAIN
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Re: Antennas
OK, how many of you had a Curta calculator? It looked like a black soup can with a crank on the top. You would set numbers on dials and crank the crank until the display stopped changing. That was
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Zack Widup
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#29061
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Re: Antennas
I have a Dietzgen rule with "folded" C and D scales which enable reading to 4 decimal places and specialized scales for solving triangles. I also have several circular rules, including some
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Donald S Brant Jr
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