Re: Variation in readings of R value
If difficulty in finding the paper from EDN and the figures, here is a pdf abbreviated and a test case circuit screen capture. If you are careful in fixture construction depending on operating
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alan victor
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Re: Pickup Coil Construction for Inductor Measuremenfs
I occasionally see them for sale at hamfests. I have gotten a few that way, but I shouldn't have - I haven't used any yet. Not even the big, (relatively) heavy old U.S. military one. If you look for
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DougVL
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nanoVNA-H net com usb port
I am using nanoVNA-H The product was purchased on Ali Express, and I thought it was genuine, but it was fake. First of all, I am a Windows 10-64bit user. What did you do to solve the problem 1.
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brojunes@...
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Thanks Alan I'll have a look at that. -- Mike
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Mike
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Mike 15 ohms is not too far from what a long inductor made with small gauge wire could have. Q of about 143. Pete
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WB2UAQ
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Mike, Scratch that idea about the scales because it doesn't work the same at 4 MHz where the Z should be about +j503 ohms.
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WB2UAQ
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Mike Is the scale of your reactance graph supposed to be in kohms and not just ohms? I think so because at 3 MHz the impedance of the series L-C would be about -j911 ohms. Correct? Pete
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WB2UAQ
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Hi Mike, Please see message # 23812. This documents one approach. Alan
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alan victor
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Re: Calibration
What happens when you try to calibrate it? "Can't get it calibrated" isn't very specific. Does the unit fail to respond correctly at some point in the calibration procedure?
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Jim Allyn - N7JA
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Hi Pete, it's an air cored coil with an inductance of around 108uH. I made the measurement with an 18pF COG capacitor in series so the plot is showing the resistance around the resonant frequency of
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Mike
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Re: S11 ? if Zc complexe
For HF and higher frequencies, L >> R and C >> G are generally good assumptions. We can then simplify the general expressions for complex characteristic impedance and complex propagation constant to:
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Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Hi MIke What component type are you using for the test? Trying to understand why the R is changing myself. I would think the resistance of a fixed series resistor would remain fairly constant if it
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WB2UAQ
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Re: Calibration
Doug, I have seen this demo and observed that the calibration procedure was i.m.o. not properly done. At marker 3:48 of the video you see that after the CAL button in the menu was pressed next the
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PE0CWK
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
OK if I may answer my own question, I repeated the measurement using the S21 method and got a sensible answer. -- Mike
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Mike
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Re: Variation in readings of R value
Sorry, heres the graph with numbers! -- Mike
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Mike
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Variation in readings of R value
I've been following this article on how to accurately measure the Q of a coil: https://pa3a.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Measurements-With-The-NanoVNA-Part-7-Measuring-the-Q-of-a-coil.pdf I measured
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Mike
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Re: Pickup Coil Construction for Inductor Measuremenfs
Ok. I understand. If you cant remove coil from its surrounding circuit, a GDO is usefull. "(Why? Because oceans on Titan are likely liquid methane, ethane, etc)," interesting. Good luck with that
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Leif M
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Re: Best Windows Software for Nano VNA-F?
I also have a nanoVNA-F with which I am very satisfied: use f < 300 MHz). Thanks to this forum I was able to update the Firmware. It is not essential but we can thus recover the .sp1 and .sp2 files
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Fran?ois
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Re: Calibration
Michael. Here is a very good demo re the NanoVNA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WkhsN9vZzM Doug -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com
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Doug <jdkearney@...>
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Re: Best Windows Software for Nano VNA-F?
I use NanoVNA-Saver (which is in Python, and runs on any platform). Others like NanoVNA-App, which is Windows only. Those two seem to be popular. If you're looking for something minimalist, there's
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Jim Lux
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