Re: NanoVNA-App SWR graph does not match H4 graph
Performance/measurements of the NanoVNA might change slightly with battery level. Try making the same standalone measurement with a full battery. Roger
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Roger Need
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#33859
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Re: NanoVNA-App SWR graph does not match H4 graph
Last night I was measuring a high Q resonant circuit on the bench with Nano VNA on battery. The battery was getting low and without physically moving anything I connected a USB cable from Nano VNA to
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Greg Strickland
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#33858
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Re: VNA and antenna matching : calculating reactance needed to match
If you calibrate with the measurement plane at the antenna end of the choke balun, you can measure the antenna impedance correctly. You need to calibrate out the choke balun. Dave - W?LEV
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W0LEV
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#33857
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Re: VNA and antenna matching : calculating reactance needed to match
I have traps doublets (3 or 4 bands) connected by about 10 m of coax to the station. I have always measured the impedance of my antennas at the level of the center by calibrating (open short load) at
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Fran?ois
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#33856
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Re: NanoVNA-App SWR graph does not match H4 graph
When connected to the PC or laptop, the effective counterpoise is much longer than when not connected. The counterpoise consists of anything connected to the measuring unit, including the laptop/PC
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W0LEV
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#33855
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NanoVNA-App SWR graph does not match H4 graph
I am using a NanoVNA H4 and NanoVNA-App for SWR display. I connected my end fed half wave antenna to the CNA and compared the two graphical displays. Both the NanoVNA and H4 displays were set for
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Bob Watson
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#33854
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Re: VNA and antenna matching : calculating reactance needed to match
Based on my limited knowledge I think with regard to L networks there are choices in topology, depending on antenna impedance and desired phase shift in the L network. Also practical concerns such as
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Greg Strickland
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#33853
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Re: VNA and antenna matching : calculating reactance needed to match
B. Whitfield Griffith, Jr., "Radio-Electronic Transmission Fundamentals," McGraw-Hill, 1962 discusses the design of L-networks and provides graphical methods for such designs. ARRL used to sell this
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Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP
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#33852
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Re: Front end overload
Thank you everyone for responding. Last time I measured an AM broadcast antenna I used a Delta Electronics OIB-3 operating impedance bridge. Using the Delta OIB the measurement would have been
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Greg Strickland
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#33851
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Re: Front end overload
There is an 80dB round-trip loss through that attenuator; the analyzer does not have enough dynamic range to make sensible measurements through such a high loss. Best regards, Don
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Donald S Brant Jr
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#33850
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Re: Front end overload
The other advantage is that some VNA's like the Anritsu Sitemaster and Cellmaster can overcome some interference. My Anritsu can send a coded signal that it can use to ignore the interference. If the
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Joe
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#33849
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Re: VNA and antenna matching : calculating reactance needed to match
Thank you for all the superb replies. I'm looking for a source that either has the relevant formulas or, where I can figure out the formulas. Ultimately to implement them in some form of auto tuner.
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Andrew (G1RVD G0Z)
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#33848
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Re: NanoVna H4 Showing blank Screen after updating to latest 1.2.20 firmware
Yes I think that's the problem because I did exactly that with my H4 and got the same result. I flashed it again with the correct variant and it recovered. It's easy to miss the "4" when selecting the
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Mike
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#33847
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Re: Front end overload
These nanoVNAs have a smaller dynamic range than the (much more expensive) professional VNAs. With a 40 dB attenuator, the signal from the VNA is attenuated by 40 dB on its way from the analyzer to
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David McQuate
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#33846
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Re: Front end overload
Thank you David. I made a 40 dB Tee attenuator and did the open-short-load-save calibration at the end of the attenuator not connected to CH0. Maybe I did it incorrectly, because Nano VNA appeared to
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Greg Strickland
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#33845
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Re: Front end overload
Port CH0 ideally presents a 50 ohm resistive impedance to anything connected to it. If an attenuator is needed, it should have a Pi or Tee form, so that a 50 ohm resistive impedance is still presented
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David McQuate
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#33844
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Re: VNA and antenna matching : calculating reactance needed to match
Although the ARRL Handbook states, without qualification, that the shunt element always goes on the high-Z side (2021 Handbook, the latest I have), that is strictly true only when the impedances to be
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Maynard Wright, P. E., W6PAP
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#33843
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Re: Front end overload
If I may ask a follow up questionsabout Nano VNA-H. 1. Is port CH0 input a 50 ohm resistor load? 2. If #1 is correct, would proper attenuator implementation for the port be a series resistor, to form
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Greg Strickland
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#33842
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Re: NanoVna H4 Showing blank Screen after updating to latest 1.2.20 firmware
The last FW is the 1.2.24 the last DisLord app version is 1.1.215 now. This last FWs for H and for the H4 also included the exe file,
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Istv¨¢n
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#33841
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Re: NanoVna H4 Showing blank Screen after updating to latest 1.2.20 firmware
You probably flashed the wrong firmware variant, you used H version instead of H4 version.
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Dragan Milivojevic
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#33840
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