NanoVNA and FY6XXX generator
HI to all I own a FY6900 device, a cheap but very complete generator (mine is the model working up to 60mHz). Till now I've used it only with an oscilloscope, but I would like to employ also with a
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Gabriele I4JXE
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Re: SWR Question
Hello Roger, I may have missed something here, but it seems to me your trace labels are reversed. The "top - SMA barrel" trace has much larger SWR ripple and a predominant capacitive reactance loop on
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Bob Ecclestone VK2ZRE
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Re: SWR Question
Two more pictures using 10 feet of RG58 Coax connected to the vertical. First Picture is with SWR Plot scale set to 0.25 per division and second picture with SWR plot scale set to 1.0 per division.
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Donald Kirk
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Re: SWR Question
Here is a picture showing my test vertical mentioned in my above post when I had it connected directly to the NanoVNA-F using just a couple of adapters. Note in this picture the NanoVNA-F was
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Donald Kirk
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Re: SWR Question
Hi folks, I somewhat agree with what others have said and Rogers demonstration shows one issue but let me make some additional observations/comments. My comments below ignore some minor effects due to
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Donald Kirk
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Re: SWR Question
I suspect some inductance between your metal (?) mount and the feed line running parallel to it. Consider lengthening your feed line by a couple of feet and put a loop in it along the vertical
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Matthew Rapaport
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Re: SWR Question
The ripples you are seeing are not unusual. It is not due to the antenna - it is the transmission line and/or adapters being used. . When the impedance of the transmission line is slightly different
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Roger Need
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Re: SWR Question
Hi, What you are seeing is perfectly normal and simply represents the fact that the antenna feed impedance (at the antenna feed point) does not exactly match the coax impedance. It's certainly pretty
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Andrew Love
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Re: SWR Question
I'm not sure why the ripple is in there. I have never seen that when I do an SWR measurement. The minimum of 1.2 isn't bad, but the frequency is 406 MHz. What band is the antenna for? Is it a
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Zack Widup
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Re: SWR Question
That antenna is not the best with only 3 "stingers" as a skeleton image plane. It's pretty spartan! The "wiggles" you are seeing at the end of the coax reflect a small SWR on the coaxial line. The
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W0LEV
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SWR Question
When I am constructing an antenna, I have been using this device to plot the swr in my shop. I usually set a wide enough bandwidth to easily see the dip at resonance. In the shop, connecting this
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jeffinwa <k7jsm@...>
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Re: NanoVNA
any of the nanovna v2 models .. or litevna 62/64 dg9bfc sigi Am 06.02.2025 um 02:41 schrieb CLIFTON HEAD via groups.io:
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Siegfried Jackstien
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Re: NanoVNA
If your main application is for ham band use, from HF to VHF/UHF (440MHz), save some money and get the H4. If you need good accuracy on bands above the 440MHz band, and above 1GHz, I would choose one
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Stan Dye
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Re: NanoVNA
My Suggestion is https://nanovna.com/?page_id=121 Do your research. you want a device based on the Open Firmware, you want a device that supports the software on GitHub. Most of the devices are made
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VE6LX
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Re: NanoVNA
Any of them. The ones with a bigger display are easier to read. But all of them can do what you¡¯re looking for. The other thing to look at is frequency range, some have a wider frequency range on
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Jim Lux
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Re: H4 Firmware update error
I changed the driver and problem solved! ??? Thank you! ??? Mark Jordan, PY3SS
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Mark Jordan
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NanoVNA
What is a good NanoVNA to buy for do antenna reading like SWR, VF and Length of coax cable type work. Also, location of short in the coax..
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CLIFTON HEAD
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Re: Stimulus Span change a bit the Smith measurement
I made the mistake of going down the measuring Q rabbit hole.... VE2AZX QEX article on different methods --> http://ve2azx.net/technical/Q-FactorMeas_on_LC_Circuits.pdf VNWA discussion on the topic
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Roger Need
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Re: NanoVNA-H4 number screen malfunctioning
I discovered the problem -- it is my SD card. If I remove the SD card the NanoVNA operates normally (without changing firmware). I tried a different SC card and the problem returned. So, I need to
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Steve Johnson
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Re: Extra QEX copy
All, The extra copy of QEX has been spoken for. DaveD KC0WJN [email protected]> wrote:
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Dave Daniel
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