[bars] Primarily addresing those who attend Sat AM Zoom meeting

[Tony Brock-Fisher]

I have one and have been using it for bench work extensively. I don't 
bother with it's tiny screen, which many have objected to. I use it with 
software running on my PC. It has replaced my miniVNA as the primary 
instrument for measuring components and networks. Note that neither of 
the reviews did any comprehensive measurement of it's accuracy. I am 
assuming that once calibrated it is very accurate - but I have no 
standard to compare it to.

I have not used it for antenna measurements. I suspect, like most 
similar instruments, it would suffer interference from strong nearby RF 
fields. I am .6 miles line-of-sight from an AM broadcast tower.

For $50 you can't go wrong. I bought the kit with cables and standards 
from Amazon (sold by Gigaparts) which was around $80, definitely worth it.

-Tony, K1KP

On 12/16/2020 8:01 AM, Steven Schultz wrote:
> We had a brief comment about VNA's (Vector Network Analyzers - a two 
> port measurement device) one morning.
>
> Does anyone have experience with the "NanoVNA" ?
>
> It has been discussed in ARRL QST and QEX.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
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