Nanovna ...has anyone tried it?

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Looks like you can get a network analyzer to 1 GHz for less than $100. Amazon sells them for 75 ish. Reviews look good. About 40 db of range. Has anyone tried one yet? Pretty amazing if true....and I think it is substantially true
 
bulegoge@columbus.rr.com wrote:

> Looks like you can get a network analyzer to 1 GHz for less than $100. Amazon sells them for 75 ish.

There is the H vesrsion which is claimed to be good to 1.5GHz, available
for under 50USD on AliExpress.

Best regards, Piotr
 
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:12:22 -0800 (PST), bulegoge@columbus.rr.com
wrote:

>Looks like you can get a network analyzer to 1 GHz for less than $100. Amazon sells them for 75 ish. Reviews look good. About 40 db of range. Has anyone tried one yet? Pretty amazing if true....and I think it is substantially true

I've had one since Christmas. Nifty little unit. There is software,
free, Nanovna Saver. It has a TDR function that showed me a wet cable
to my VHF-UHF antenna. So I got to spend more on new RG213. There is
a version of the software for Linux and windows. There is even an app
for Andriod.
The screen is a little small and touch screen a little quirky. So the
software is a definite plus.
 
Worth buying, but do the full SOLT calibration with both ports active. I love my unit, Paid for itself on day one. Keep in mind it uses harmonics for the higher range. However it does that very well.

Steve
 
On 1/16/2020 1:12 PM, bulegoge@columbus.rr.com wrote:
Looks like you can get a network analyzer to 1 GHz for less than $100. Amazon sells them for 75 ish. Reviews look good. About 40 db of range. Has anyone tried one yet? Pretty amazing if true....and I think it is substantially true

https://owenduffy.net/blog/

Has several short write-ups about it.
 
More info also here:
https://groups.io/g/nanovna-users/topics
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:12:22 -0800 (PST), bulegoge@columbus.rr.com
wrote:

>Looks like you can get a network analyzer to 1 GHz for less than $100. Amazon sells them for 75 ish. Reviews look good. About 40 db of range. Has anyone tried one yet? Pretty amazing if true....and I think it is substantially true
 
On 23/1/20 2:13 am, LM wrote:
More info also here:
https://groups.io/g/nanovna-users/topics
On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:12:22 -0800 (PST), bulegoge@columbus.rr.com
wrote:

Looks like you can get a network analyzer to 1 GHz for less than $100. Amazon sells them for 75 ish. Reviews look good. About 40 db of range. Has anyone tried one yet? Pretty amazing if true....and I think it is substantially true

VNA to 300MHz, with trickery to make it sorta kinda work above that.
Low-IF/Zero-IF design that can produce assorted spurious responses in
the presence of non-test RF. Clever design, but not a replacement for
the $$$ boat anchors.
 

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