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Is there a preferred hardware vendor located in the USA?
I'm looking at buying this offering. Anybody see a problem? Thanks
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This one is a newer version, NanoVNA-H:
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On 3/27/20 15:30, Louis Warner wrote: Is there a preferred hardware vendor located in the USA?
I'm looking at buying this offering. Anybody see a problem? Thanks
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I bought that exact one, but with the terminator kit. A friend told me it has a much nicer case than his. It works fine. I've spend days on end measuring everything in sight on my workbench. Components, various filters, questionable coax, homebrew circuits I've built over the years. Everything but antennas. Made a BNC calibrator set. Designed and printed some 3D fixtures for it which are posted on Thingiverse.com. Very instructive. No problems with it at all.
Eric KE6US
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On 3/27/2020 3:30 PM, Louis Warner wrote: Is there a preferred hardware vendor located in the USA?
I'm looking at buying this offering. Anybody see a problem? Thanks
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Thanks, Eric. I'm going to order it.
As far as the upgraded NanoVNA-H, rarely would I use it at the 2m VHF band, almost exclusively in the 1 - 30 MHz range. My intended use is strictly as an antenna analyzer in the HF bands.
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If you want to support the ttrftech buy them here:
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:49 PM Louis Warner <Lou@...> wrote: Thanks, Eric. I'm going to order it.
As far as the upgraded NanoVNA-H, rarely would I use it at the 2m VHF
band, almost exclusively in the 1 - 30 MHz range. My intended use is
strictly as an antenna analyzer in the HF bands.
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Don KB2YSI
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Same here. My interests are restricted to <30 MHz. There are important behaviors above that, but well within the 900 MHz limit. I use mine for the bench. I have a tribander at 60', a 40m dipole and an EFHW for camping. I already know their characteristics and as long as they appear to be working normally, I don't much bother with them anymore. But on the bench, the little VNA has opened up possibilities that were tedious before, and helped me understand circuit theory that I never really understood until now.
It will take awhile to get the hang of navigating the menu system, but it's worth getting proficient at it even if you decide to use the PC or Android software. I found this book helpful for getting started:
Eric KE6US
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On 3/27/2020 5:48 PM, Louis Warner wrote: Thanks, Eric. I'm going to order it.
As far as the upgraded NanoVNA-H, rarely would I use it at the 2m VHF band, almost exclusively in the 1 - 30 MHz range. My intended use is strictly as an antenna analyzer in the HF bands.
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This is the 900Mhz version. I would get the 1.5 Ghz version
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 6:58 PM Don Rhodes - KB2YSI <kb2ysi@...> wrote: If you want to support the ttrftech buy them here:
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:49 PM Louis Warner <Lou@...> wrote:
Thanks, Eric. I'm going to order it.
As far as the upgraded NanoVNA-H, rarely would I use it at the 2m VHF
band, almost exclusively in the 1 - 30 MHz range. My intended use is
strictly as an antenna analyzer in the HF bands.
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73,
Don KB2YSI
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 04:10 PM, Gary Hale wrote:
This one is a newer version, NanoVNA-H:
As of 3/28 AURSINC at your link above seems to be out of stock. There is only one ebay seller offering Rev3.4 that I could find, but currently priced at $106.75 !! What was the selling price at Amazon?
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$79.95
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On 3/28/20 08:19, nanovnagroup@... wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 04:10 PM, Gary Hale wrote:
This one is a newer version, NanoVNA-H:
As of 3/28 AURSINC at your link above seems to be out of stock. There is only one ebay seller offering Rev3.4 that I could find, but currently priced at $106.75 !!
What was the selling price at Amazon?
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They're back in stock. I ordered one an hour ago - it'll be here Monday.
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OK I am trying to order it but turns out they don't send to US PO Box addresses which in this case is my only practical option. Why in the world would you put such a stupid restriction on this small sized purchase??? Unless this is being drop-shipped which I would not be surprised at all give amazon's sales system where you never know from where you are really getting your item from. This is why I hate amazon, and will wait for it to turn up on ebay at a similar price and zero complications.
SORRY AURSINC: NO SALE TODAY.
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The problem with P O Box is the battery in the VNA.
PO rules prohibit a lot of things that burn and record how the parcel was
shook in transit.
Amazon follows the rules, but some of the flighty others don't. Or you get
a VNA with out a battery.
Could suggest a friend to drop ship to
Good luck
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 11:33 AM <nanovnagroup@...> wrote: OK I am trying to order it but turns out they don't send to US PO Box
addresses which in this case is my only practical option. Why in the world
would you put such a stupid restriction on this small sized purchase???
Unless this is being drop-shipped which I would not be surprised at all
give amazon's sales system where you never know from where you are really
getting your item from. This is why I hate amazon, and will wait for it to
turn up on ebay at a similar price and zero complications.
SORRY AURSINC: NO SALE TODAY.
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Or an amazon drop box if one is not far away. They are all over the place. The local Rite Aid, Ralphs,? UPS Store and health food store all have them within two miles of me.
Eric KE6US
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On 3/29/2020 8:39 AM, jac hil wrote: The problem with P O Box is the battery in the VNA.
PO rules prohibit a lot of things that burn and record how the parcel was
shook in transit.
Amazon follows the rules, but some of the flighty others don't. Or you get
a VNA with out a battery.
Could suggest a friend to drop ship to
Good luck
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 11:33 AM <nanovnagroup@...> wrote:
OK I am trying to order it but turns out they don't send to US PO Box
addresses which in this case is my only practical option. Why in the world
would you put such a stupid restriction on this small sized purchase???
Unless this is being drop-shipped which I would not be surprised at all
give amazon's sales system where you never know from where you are really
getting your item from. This is why I hate amazon, and will wait for it to
turn up on ebay at a similar price and zero complications.
SORRY AURSINC: NO SALE TODAY.
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 08:39 AM, jac hil wrote:
The problem with P O Box is the battery in the VNA.
PO rules prohibit a lot of things that burn and record how the parcel was
shook in transit.
That is absolutely not true. The only restriction for Lithium batteries (or any other hazardous materials) is air freight. Nothing to do with a PO Box being the final recipient. The problem is not at the destination, but rather in the process to get it there. I have received many times various Lithium batteries for radios, cell phones etc, even the backup cell I needed to refit in my HP3468A DMM via my PO Box absolutely without any issues. Some of the bigger packages even had the Lithium battery inside sticker warning as required. The ONLY valid reason to exclude a PO Box is if the shipment is being sent by UPS, Fedex, or DHL, which require a signature upon delivery, so they do not deliver to a PO Box address. There are US based sellers on ebay (a lot of them chinese) that advertise shipping with USPS in capital big letters and still exclude PO Box on various smallish items, nothing hazardous. The reason is usually that they are drop shipping, and are not really the entity that will handle the shipping so they have no control over it, and are not even able to provide you with a tracking number, or just send you a fake one. Sometimes you end up with an Amazon box even tough you made your purchase on ebay. Been there seen it happen, now I steer clear of any seller that is US based that excludes PO Box. Something funny going on there for sure. Life is short why waste time with drop-shippers. And as I said before, the PO Box address is my ONLY practical option for small packages. I am not in the US. I do have a street address as well, but only for freight cargo so it has a base charge and does not make sense for small items. Been doing mail forwarding for many years with 99.99% success rate.
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I ordered mine from this Amazon vendor:
shorturl.at/ahsS7
Order placed on Saturday, Amazon said it would arrive Monday (today) but it was delivered at noon yesterday, 20 hours after placing the order. Compared to the first of these nanoVNA's I ordered 6 months ago, this one seems much more refined in terms of packaging, having a hard case included, etc.
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Well John, I'm sure that you love me but what the heck is up with that link?
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 10:35 AM John AE5X <ae5x@...> wrote: I ordered mine from this Amazon vendor:
shorturl.at/ahsS7
Order placed on Saturday, Amazon said it would arrive Monday (today) but
it was delivered at noon yesterday, 20 hours after placing the order.
Compared to the first of these nanoVNA's I ordered 6 months ago, this one
seems much more refined in terms of packaging, having a hard case included,
etc.
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John AE5X
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Not sure why it's not click-able...probably needs the prefix.
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John AE5X
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Oh it's clickable, it takes me to a Google doc. This is a screenshot of the
doc!
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 12:36 PM John AE5X <ae5x@...> wrote: Not sure why it's not click-able...probably needs the prefix.
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John AE5X
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