Re: connector swap
And check the connectors, not the markings on the cable. I have seen 75 ohm coax jumpers with 50 ohm BNC connectors on the ends. Such cables are not recommended if you are using a resonant antenna,
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Shirley Dulcey KE1L
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#8068
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Re: 30MHz and below
On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 09:33 AM, QRP RX wrote: "Just use menu STIMULUS and set STOP = 30 MHZ. After that perform calibration and save to memory cell 0. Thats it. Now it will works to max 30 MHz with
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hwalker
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#8067
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Re: 30MHz and below
Just use menu STIMULUS and set STOP = 30 MHZ. After that perform calibration and save to memory cell 0. Thats it. Now it will works to max 30 MHz with no harmonics mode.
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QRP RX
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#8066
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Re: errors of "error" models
@ Gary O'Neil, N3GO - 9 December 2019 /g/nanovna-users/message/8059 Dear Gary, No, there is not only the numeral two. There are a lot of ones and small Ls. But, could you wait a
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gin&pez@arg
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#8065
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Re: New version of NanoVNA-Saver: 0.2.1
Hello pgc1682, Thank you very much for your help with SimSmith. Unfortunately I cannot follow your explanation. I have loaded my data file nanoVNA_RG173-30cm_202_500MHz_Open.s1p in SimSmith, see
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Rudi
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#8064
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Re: The T-Check confusion
I would not say the matching is poor on port 2. I measured it using my HP VNA. At least on the NanoVNA sample I have, the return loss on port 2 is better than the specification on my HP 8720D VNA. I
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Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd
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#8063
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Re: 30MHz and below
Why not just calibrate for the frequencies you care about and save as your default? It doesn't seem like a custom firmware is needed to only see a segment you want. Since it is less than 300mhz, you
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M Garza <mgarza896@...>
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#8062
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Re: The T-Check confusion
Hi Erik Fantastic ... I did not know you was maintaining TAPR VNA (or I had forgotten it) Looking forward to follow your project. My transfer switch is also Sivers Lab but only PM7551 ? with a
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Kurt Poulsen
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#8061
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Re: 30MHz and below
Two questions to answer: 1: Is there anything you can improve for HF by removing/adding it from the current firmware of the nanoVNA? The only thing I can think of is to force the SI5351 to always use
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Erik Kaashoek
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#8060
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Re: errors of "error" models
GIN&PEZ; You are in excellent company. The Romans thought they could avert the zero issue altogether by not using it at all. They must have realized that the number 1 was going to be a problem when
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Gary O'Neil
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#8059
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Re: Using the Nano as a receiver?
The NanoVNA, and most VNA's in general, use the fact they know their transmitted excitation frequency and its harmonics to pick out the desired receive signal to simplify the circuitry. The RF
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roncraig1@...
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#8058
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Re: 30MHz and below
If there an improvement in significant performance, yes. However I expect it is a combo of hardware and firmware dedicated to HF that would be required to achieve that goal. Alan
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alan victor
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#8057
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Re: 30MHz and below
No, negligible firmware is specific to those constraints.
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Oristo
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#8056
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30MHz and below
Since I am only interested in RF from 30MHz and below, would it be worthwhile to make a firmware that didn't support harmonics and limited the VCO to <30MHz? Thanks
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Nulluser00@...
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#8055
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Re: connector swap
RE: "First BNC up to 3ghz is a reliable connector, no different from TNC. Caveat; use good stuff and make sure you do not interchange 50 ohm BNC with 75 ohm BNC, really they are different!" Yes they
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Nulluser00@...
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#8054
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Re: The T-Check confusion
Hi Kurt. Thanks. This is the switch I bought: SIVERS LAB PHILIPS COAXIAL SWITCH 28V DC-18Ghz PM7553 Isolation below 1GHz is better than 80dB so I guess below 300MHz good enough. As I am currently the
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Erik Kaashoek
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#8053
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Re: The T-Check confusion
Hi Erik Using the transfer switch is just a lazy method to swap the direction of the DUT. Actually dependent of the transfer switch quality you bought you make get poorer isolation between port 1 and
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Kurt Poulsen
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#8052
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Re: Using the Nano as a receiver?
NanoVNA has receiver, but it cannot digitize receiver output with enough bandwidth to listen AM or SSB radio. You can try to connect your PC soundcard to SA602 outputs and use HDSDR to listen radio,
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QRP RX
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#8051
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Re: The T-Check confusion
Hi Erik Just one more practical comment. Whatever you do the single forward and the single reverse measurement s1p files does not carry any information about the port mismatch to take into account for
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Kurt Poulsen
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#8050
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Re: Using the Nano as a receiver?
Yes, CH1 is a receiver that looks for signals at the frequency (or harmonic) of CH0. Keep in mind that nanoVNA steps, rather than sweeps, so that if set for a wide span will probably miss a narrow
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Oristo
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#8049
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