Re: Portable Analyzer Options
Roger, I will look at the model with the SD card connector. I don't mind having to file the case. The plastic case is lighter than the other analyzers which is an asset when hiking. The case corners
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Mike N2MS
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#21011
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Re: 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
Yes, I biffed it yesterday in initially quoting ¦År. I entered the published velocity factor of 0.91 instead. My error. However, the effective ¦År can be derived from Vp as: ¦År = [1/ SQRT(Vp)]. So,
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W0LEV
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#21010
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Re: Bricked NanoVNA-H
i have encountered a situation when i bricked, oh crap, oh $hit, kaput or whatever u call it when the device no longer works as expected and tried to reflash and the programmer said it verified ok but
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N8AUM
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#21009
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Re: Portable Analyzer Options
That's why I bought a -F, after trying my early -H outdoors many times. Or make a "viewing hood" out of black cloth. -- Doug, K8RFT
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DougVL
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#21008
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Re: 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
The ARRL Ant Book-supplied program TLW, has most of the "450 ohm line" at about 405. Don't know how you applied the Nanovna but for impedances above a few hundred ohms S11 accuracy falls apart. I have
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WB2UAQ
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#21007
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Re: 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
Dave, Why should that calculator be correct? Second, why not measure the Zo with the nano? in combo with the 1/8 lambda trick or 1/4 lambda + SmithChart trick? 73 Arie PA3A Op 25-2-2021 om 23:58
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Arie Kleingeld PA3A
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#21006
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Re: Bricked NanoVNA-H
Bricked to me means irrevocably broken, not wrong firmware or user bootloader installed. It is very difficult to do short of supplying overvoltage or physically damaging. Installing the wrong firmware
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stevepilotltd
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#21005
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Re: Pitfalls of measuring components with the NanoVNA
#measurement
Manfred - Thank you! That post is very helpful, Now I have a chance at (re-) sorting my cores. I can now go from E, rod, broken, conductive (iron), and non-conductive (ferite) piles to something a
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Michael
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#21004
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Re: 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
David, After reading your post I was sure I had read somewhere about windowed ladder line not being the advertised 450 ohms. I dug around a little and found this post from years past....
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Roger Need
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#21003
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Re: 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
Why an ¦År of 0.91 ?? Air is 1.00054. When I put your wire spacing (21.6mm) and conductor diameter 1.29 mm) in I get the following for air 420 ohms. What is the ¦År of windowed ladderline that is
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Roger Need
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#21002
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Re: [nanovnav2] 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
Yes, it is, Jim. We're not dealing with metamaterials!! Too many things going on in my 74 YO gray matter. With a measured Vp of 0.87, the effective ¦År should be 1.07. Dave - WLEV
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W0LEV
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#21001
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Re: [nanovnav2] 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
Yes, much better calculator. Yes, I biffed it a bit on ¦År. Wireman gives Vp = 0.91. I measure 0.87 which yields an ¦År of 1.07. But given my measurements of L and C for 7.17 feet, I still see more
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W0LEV
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#21000
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Re: 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
I always get a kick out of it when someone mentions SimSmith. The Sim Smith Bridge in Indiana was built in 1883. (OK, I'm in a weird mood today.) :-) Zack W9SZ wrote:
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Zack Widup
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#20999
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Re: [nanovnav2] 450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
It is quite a feat to get a relative epsilon less than 1 <grin> You can do it with ionized plasmas, but I suspect that's n
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Jim Lux
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#20998
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Re: Portable Analyzer Options
Mike: 100kHz steps is pretty coarse resolution, some bands might only have 1 to 3 points with lots of wasted points between ham bands; you might want to take narrower sweeps of the bands you plan to
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Donald S Brant Jr
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#20997
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450-OHM WINDOW LINE........OR IS IT?
I was doing some modeling using SimSmith and measured values of the shack end of my 450-foot long doublet fed with (mostly) 450-ohm window line. I was not getting what I would expect, so I measured
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W0LEV
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#20996
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Re: Pitfalls of measuring components with the NanoVNA
#measurement
It took pretty much my entire morning. But I have to admit that my morning started around 11 AM! ;-)
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Manfred Mornhinweg
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#20995
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Re: Portable Analyzer Options
You get 2 out of 3 with the NanoVNA-H4. With the latest software you get 401 points and there is an SD card storage capability. On mine you have to file the case slot to access the SD card connector
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Roger Need
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#20994
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Portable Analyzer Options
I am preparing for portable operations once the weather gets warmer. I want to take along a nanovna to troubleshoot issues on the field. One important requirement is the scrolling and input control
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Mike N2MS
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#20993
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Re: Bricked NanoVNA-H
Look like broken LCD module (or bad connection). Blue LED flash - mean normal scan, as i see your device worked, and can send data to CPU over USB. Problem in LCD module (or in SPI bus), try check it
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DiSlord
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#20992
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