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BH5HNU NanoVNA-F Aliexpress site no longer there?


 

Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and the link that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to buy from a reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer. So can anybody advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y


 

Maybe here Conrad?



73, Drahos


Dne po 18. 11. 2019 16:52 u?ivatel Conrad, PA5Y <g0ruz@...> napsal:

Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and the
link that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to buy from
a reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer. So can anybody
advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y




 



--
*73, Lucio I0LYL Rome, Italy*


Greg Phillips
 

I got mine from Amazon. The reseller is Nooelec....

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 10:52 AM Conrad, PA5Y <g0ruz@...> wrote:

Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and the
link that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to buy from
a reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer. So can anybody
advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y




Greg Phillips
 

Forgot to attach the link:

Hope this helps
73
Greg/W4GAP


 

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 15:52, Conrad, PA5Y <g0ruz@...> wrote:

Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and the
link that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to buy from
a reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer. So can anybody
advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y

Is BH5HNU Hugen? I thought Hugen was working on nanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU on
nanoVNA-F.

Dave.

--
Dr. David Kirkby,
Kirkby Microwave Ltd,
drkirkby@...

Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100

Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892.
Registered office:
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United
Kingdom


DK5EW, wini
 

Hi Conrad,

nice to meet you here so I guess I'm the 1. and you are the 2. 144MHz EME guy in the group :-)

I was lucky to buy 3 pieces of the -F version before he closed the shop but you may have read that his new shop is open soon.

Take care Conrad and always good deep decode.

73's Erwin/DK5EW


 

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 08:22 AM, Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd wrote:

"Is BH5HNU Hugen? I thought Hugen was working on nanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU on nanoVNA-F."

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dave,
Yes, Hugen's product is the 2.8" NanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU's is the 4.3" NanoVNA-F. BH5HNU has been so busy with orders and production that he hasn't had a chance to devote a lot of time to documentation and software development. Because the NanoVNA-F and NanoVNA-H have a lot of crossover, not only in how they operate, but in user's who own both models, ssome NanoVNA-F owners join the discussions on this board looking for information.

It leads to confusion at times because the NanoVNA-H's firmware is more advanced than the NanoVNA-F. The NanoVNA-F owner then begins to wonder why a feature described in the NanoVNA's operating manual isn't available on his device.

Herb


David KD4E
 

Isn't there a 3rd path - the "2"? "H" has the best firmware but older hardware & small display, "B" larger display & some hardware updates, but older firmware, "2" about to release newer hardware & firmware but small display. Sure wish they'd combine efforts.

On November 18, 2019 14:30:29 "hwalker" <herbwalker2476@...> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 08:22 AM, Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd wrote:

"Is BH5HNU Hugen? I thought Hugen was working on nanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU on nanoVNA-F."

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dave,
Yes, Hugen's product is the 2.8" NanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU's is the 4.3" NanoVNA-F. BH5HNU has been so busy with orders and production that he hasn't had a chance to devote a lot of time to documentation and software development. Because the NanoVNA-F and NanoVNA-H have a lot of crossover, not only in how they operate, but in user's who own both models, ssome NanoVNA-F owners join the discussions on this board looking for information.

It leads to confusion at times because the NanoVNA-H's firmware is more advanced than the NanoVNA-F. The NanoVNA-F owner then begins to wonder why a feature described in the NanoVNA's operating manual isn't available on his device.

Herb


 

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:59 AM, David KD4E wrote:


Isn't there a 3rd path - the "2"? "H" has the best firmware but older
hardware & small display, "B" larger display & some hardware updates, but
older firmware, "2" about to release newer hardware & firmware but small
display. Sure wish they'd combine efforts.
===============================================================
David,
Currently we have the following products being sold:
1. 2.8" NanoVNA (Hugen's MOD of edy555's original open source project). All 2.8" devices marketed as" NanoVNA" are also clones of the open source project.
2. 2.8" NanoVNA-H (Hugen added the "-H" suffix to his product to distinguish it from other clones being sold.) His NanoVNA-H product also has a plastic case, has the diode mounted for battery voltage monitoring, has proper USB-C terminators and the firmware has been upgraded to at least ver 0.2.3.2. Cost is still around the US $50.00 range.
3. 4.3" NanoVNA-F (BH5HNU's NanoVNA with a larger screen, different operating system and different firmware.)

Version 2 NanoVNA's probably won't appear on the scene until into the New Year. There is not a lot of incentive for cooperation. Each product designer has a small window to re-coop his or her efforts before the cloner's reverse engineer their pcb designs and cut their profits.

- Herb


 

That's the one, many thanks to all.

Regards

Conrad PA5Y

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Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] BH5HNU NanoVNA-F Aliexpress site no longer there?




--
*73, Lucio I0LYL Rome, Italy*


 

My mistake David.

Conrad

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 18 November 2019 17:22
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] BH5HNU NanoVNA-F Aliexpress site no longer there?

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 15:52, Conrad, PA5Y <g0ruz@...> wrote:

Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and
the link that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to
buy from a reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer.
So can anybody advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y

Is BH5HNU Hugen? I thought Hugen was working on nanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU on nanoVNA-F.

Dave.

--
Dr. David Kirkby,
Kirkby Microwave Ltd,
drkirkby@...

Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100

Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892.
Registered office:
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United Kingdom


 

Hello Erwin, I am quite happy at number 2 ? Good to see you here.

73

Conrad PA5Y

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of DK5EW, wini via Groups.Io
Sent: 18 November 2019 17:58
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] BH5HNU NanoVNA-F Aliexpress site no longer there?

Hi Conrad,

nice to meet you here so I guess I'm the 1. and you are the 2. 144MHz EME guy in the group :-)

I was lucky to buy 3 pieces of the -F version before he closed the shop but you may have read that his new shop is open soon.

Take care Conrad and always good deep decode.

73's Erwin/DK5EW


David KD4E
 

Thanks for the clarification!

For some reason the Version 2 devs think that they can only offer
a $50. price-point device with a small display.

For some reason they don't see that offering a "B" (or some other
nomenclature) version - at a higher price - makes good business
sense.

Indeed - someone could offer one without a display at all - and
just provide a micro-HDMI connector (like the Raspberry Pi4).

IMHO, YMMV ... David KD4E

Isn't there a 3rd path - the "2"? "H" has the best firmware but older
hardware & small display, "B" larger display & some hardware updates, but
older firmware, "2" about to release newer hardware & firmware but small
display. Sure wish they'd combine efforts.
===============================================================
David,
Currently we have the following products being sold:
1. 2.8" NanoVNA (Hugen's MOD of edy555's original open source project). All 2.8" devices marketed as" NanoVNA" are also clones of the open source project.
2. 2.8" NanoVNA-H (Hugen added the "-H" suffix to his product to distinguish it from other clones being sold.) His NanoVNA-H product also has a plastic case, has the diode mounted for battery voltage monitoring, has proper USB-C terminators and the firmware has been upgraded to at least ver 0.2.3.2. Cost is still around the US $50.00 range.
3. 4.3" NanoVNA-F (BH5HNU's NanoVNA with a larger screen, different operating system and different firmware.)

Version 2 NanoVNA's probably won't appear on the scene until into the New Year. There is not a lot of incentive for cooperation. Each product designer has a small window to re-coop his or her efforts before the cloner's reverse engineer their pcb designs and cut their profits.

- Herb


 

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 17:43, hwalker <herbwalker2476@...> wrote:



Dave,
Yes, Hugen's product is the 2.8" NanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU's is the 4.3"
NanoVNA-F. BH5HNU has been so busy with orders and production that he
hasn't had a chance to devote a lot of time to documentation and software
development. Because the NanoVNA-F and NanoVNA-H have a lot of
crossover, not only in how they operate, but in user's who own both
models, ssome NanoVNA-F owners join the discussions on this board looking
for information.

It leads to confusion at times because the NanoVNA-H's firmware is more
advanced than the NanoVNA-F. The NanoVNA-F owner then begins to wonder why
a feature described in the NanoVNA's operating manual isn't available on
his device.

Herb

Yes, I got the feeling that the -F version was a bit less advanced. I have
the standard model, and will eventually upgrade, but I will make a decision
about what to upgrade to later.

--
Dr. David Kirkby,
Kirkby Microwave Ltd,
drkirkby@...

Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100

Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892.
Registered office:
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United
Kingdom


 

Dear Conrad,
I'm a member of NanoVNA-F development team, because of BH5HNU's personal problem, the hamelec aliexpress store is no longer selling product now, but we'll reopen a new store soon, it maybe takes 2-3 weeks.
You can get newest infor from our own groups: /g/nanovna-f When the new store open we'll release claims at that group at the first time.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:52 PM, Conrad, PA5Y wrote:


Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and the link
that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to buy from a
reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer. So can anybody
advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y


 

Hello David.

I have a very specific use for the NanoVNA-F, basically the VNA-H is too small to be useful with my poor eyesight. I have a VNA-H and it compares very favourably with my HP-8712B. The VNA-F will be used for outside antenna work from 50-432MHz, that's all.
These things are really great for such a cheap piece of kit! I also have some proper cal kits to check them with ?

73

Conrad PA5Y


________________________________
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd via Groups.Io <drkirkby@...>
Sent: 19 November 2019 03:14
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] BH5HNU NanoVNA-F Aliexpress site no longer there?

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 17:43, hwalker <herbwalker2476@...> wrote:



Dave,
Yes, Hugen's product is the 2.8" NanoVNA-H, and BH5HNU's is the 4.3"
NanoVNA-F. BH5HNU has been so busy with orders and production that he
hasn't had a chance to devote a lot of time to documentation and software
development. Because the NanoVNA-F and NanoVNA-H have a lot of
crossover, not only in how they operate, but in user's who own both
models, ssome NanoVNA-F owners join the discussions on this board looking
for information.

It leads to confusion at times because the NanoVNA-H's firmware is more
advanced than the NanoVNA-F. The NanoVNA-F owner then begins to wonder why
a feature described in the NanoVNA's operating manual isn't available on
his device.

Herb

Yes, I got the feeling that the -F version was a bit less advanced. I have
the standard model, and will eventually upgrade, but I will make a decision
about what to upgrade to later.

--
Dr. David Kirkby,
Kirkby Microwave Ltd,
drkirkby@...

Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100

Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892.
Registered office:
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United
Kingdom


 

Hello June I have joined the group and I will discuss the situation on that group. I am very keen to buy the right product and support the right people.

Regards

Conrad


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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of June via Groups.Io <vermilion1990@...>
Sent: 19 November 2019 05:16
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [nanovna-users] BH5HNU NanoVNA-F Aliexpress site no longer there?

Dear Conrad,
I'm a member of NanoVNA-F development team, because of BH5HNU's personal problem, the hamelec aliexpress store is no longer selling product now, but we'll reopen a new store soon, it maybe takes 2-3 weeks.
You can get newest infor from our own groups: /g/nanovna-f When the new store open we'll release claims at that group at the first time.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:52 PM, Conrad, PA5Y wrote:


Hello all, I was going to place an order for the NanoVNA-F today and the link
that I have for the BH5HNU version is down. I would like to buy from a
reputable source and I know that huygen is the developer. So can anybody
advise me where to buy the genuine article?

Regards

Conrad PA5Y