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Bogus Request for Link Change


 

I'm assuming this is bogus but could someone confirm the legitimate site for NanoVNA?

From edelswartz123@...:
Hi, I just noticed the "NanoVNA" link on your page:

points to an unofficial website (nanovna.com) that has been selling bad clones, so would you mind pointing it to our new website
() (I am a developer there) instead? Thanks!

-- 8< --
Thanks,
Russ - K5TUX


 

Well, the short story is that it's not as bogus as it seems, but it also
gets really messy really quickly.
Basically, there was the "original" version of the NanoVNA by Edy55 , and
after some time, a Chinese version appeared. Apparently, there was some
work done by Hugen and by OwO on the Chinese version. The Chinese version
became popular,m spread around Chinese e-commerce websites, and then "fake"
Chinese versions appeared as well. Then, work on improved versions started,
and there was quite a bit of drama between Hugen and OwO about who stole
what, and dumping prices and so on. I, personally, do not know the exact
details, and can't say who is right and who is wrong.

What happened afterwards, is that there's a whole bunch of "NanoVNA"
devices, and the term became a bit diluted, so if someone is trying to buy
a "regular" NanoVNA, it's very difficult to identify what the device
actually does.
Then, there's a new generation of "improved" devices, like the Hugen's
NanoVNA-H and the OwO's NanoVNA V2, and there's even a NanoVNA-F and so on.

Now, the site you link to sells what appears to be NanoVNA-H, while the
is the site for the NanoVNA V2.

All the best,
Andreja YU1NKA/DM1NKA

§é§Ö§ä, 16. ?§å§ß 2022. §å 21:08 Russ Woodman <k5tux@...> ?§Ö §ß§Ñ§á§Ú§ã§Ñ§à/§Ý§Ñ:

I'm assuming this is bogus but could someone confirm the legitimate site
for NanoVNA?

From edelswartz123@...:
Hi, I just noticed the "NanoVNA" link on your page:

points to an unofficial website (nanovna.com) that has been selling bad
clones, so would you mind pointing it to our new website
() (I am a developer there) instead?
Thanks!

-- 8< --
Thanks,
Russ - K5TUX






 

Andreja,

Thanks for the info. Seems like it might be useful to link to both of them.

Russ, K5TUX

On Jun 16, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Andreja YU1NKA/DM1NKA <andrejakostic@...> wrote:

?Well, the short story is that it's not as bogus as it seems, but it also
gets really messy really quickly.
Basically, there was the "original" version of the NanoVNA by Edy55 , and
after some time, a Chinese version appeared. Apparently, there was some
work done by Hugen and by OwO on the Chinese version. The Chinese version
became popular,m spread around Chinese e-commerce websites, and then "fake"
Chinese versions appeared as well. Then, work on improved versions started,
and there was quite a bit of drama between Hugen and OwO about who stole
what, and dumping prices and so on. I, personally, do not know the exact
details, and can't say who is right and who is wrong.

What happened afterwards, is that there's a whole bunch of "NanoVNA"
devices, and the term became a bit diluted, so if someone is trying to buy
a "regular" NanoVNA, it's very difficult to identify what the device
actually does.
Then, there's a new generation of "improved" devices, like the Hugen's
NanoVNA-H and the OwO's NanoVNA V2, and there's even a NanoVNA-F and so on.

Now, the site you link to sells what appears to be NanoVNA-H, while the
is the site for the NanoVNA V2.

All the best,
Andreja YU1NKA/DM1NKA

§é§Ö§ä, 16. ?§å§ß 2022. §å 21:08 Russ Woodman <k5tux@...> ?§Ö §ß§Ñ§á§Ú§ã§Ñ§à/§Ý§Ñ:

I'm assuming this is bogus but could someone confirm the legitimate site
for NanoVNA?

From edelswartz123@...:
Hi, I just noticed the "NanoVNA" link on your page:

points to an unofficial website (nanovna.com) that has been selling bad
clones, so would you mind pointing it to our new website
() (I am a developer there) instead?
Thanks!

-- 8< --
Thanks,
Russ - K5TUX









 

In fact nanorfe violates the GPL license and publishes a lot of false information, please remember that nanovna.com is the only legitimate website.


VE3WNA John
 

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 03:08 PM, Russ Woodman wrote:


I'm assuming this is bogus but could someone confirm the legitimate site for
NanoVNA?

From edelswartz123@...:
Hi, I just noticed the "NanoVNA" link on your page:

points to an unofficial website (nanovna.com) that has been selling bad
clones, so would you mind pointing it to our new website
() (I am a developer there) instead?
I received a similar email about a blog entry I made about the H4 I picked up. I updated the link to refer to the place I purchased it, rather than nanovna.com, but I'm not sure if that was even warranted. No doubt there has been a lot of history related to the somewhat, sorta, open source hardware and so-called "clones", but that cat is out of the bag now.

The real challenge for folks is knowing what the are buying to some extent. The whole NanoVNA market is a huge caveat emptor, though I think if you choose to buy from one of usual suspects and stay away from websites that start with the letter "a" you might be ok. That might not satisfy "edelswartz" though.


Chris Dee
 

Never do free advertising for any commercial clone manufacturer. I benefits nobody except them.