Re: [mvus-list] MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
Thanks Daun.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Daun Yeagley daun.yeagley@gmail.com wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at. I presume we could load the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it. So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB cable. See http://pocketvna.com http://pocketvna.com/ . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
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PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb 2017)
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) - magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us mailto:info@pocketVNA.com if you would like to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
Daun...do you have a 3.5 mm cal kit? And maybe some filters to sweep for comparison to your 8753? If not, I have both I could bring.
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Joe gojoe55@gmail.com wrote:
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
Thanks Daun.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Daun Yeagley daun.yeagley@gmail.com wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at. I presume we could load the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it. So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB cable. See http://pocketvna.com . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
<image001.png>
PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb 2017)
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) - magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us if you would like to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
I have an SMA kit from Dave Kirkby.
On Jul 27, 2017, 9:04 AM, at 9:04 AM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list mvus-list@febo.com wrote:
Daun...do you have a 3.5 mm cal kit? And maybe some filters to sweep
for comparison to your 8753? If not, I have both I could bring.
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Joe gojoe55@gmail.com wrote:
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the
software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual
info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It
will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at. I presume we could load
the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it. So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer
be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I
recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB
cable. See http://pocketvna.com . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t
have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any
drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this
working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
<image001.png>
PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) -
magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region
might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us if you would like
to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for
example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
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It would be interesting to check his out against a ‘famous name’ brand.
Tom Holmes, N8ZM
From: John Ackermann N8UR [mailto:jra@febo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:22 AM
To: Tom Holmes tholmes@woh.rr.com; Bob Mathews via mvus-list mvus-list@febo.com
Cc: Joe gojoe55@gmail.com; Daun Yeagley daun@yeagley.net
Subject: Re: [mvus-list] MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
I have an SMA kit from Dave Kirkby.
On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:04 AM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com mailto:mvus-list@febo.com > wrote:
Daun...do you have a 3.5 mm cal kit? And maybe some filters to sweep for comparison to your 8753? If not, I have both I could bring.
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Joe <gojoe55@gmail.com mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com > wrote:
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
Thanks Daun.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Daun Yeagley <daun.yeagley@gmail.com mailto:daun.yeagley@gmail.com > wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at. I presume we could load the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it. So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB cable. See http://pocketvna.com . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
<image001.png>
PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb 2017)
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) - magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us if you would like to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
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Yes, it would. But he does a pretty good job specifying the source for
all the components, and includes a custom cal table done on his
in-cal-by-HP VNA, so I suspect it's not too bad especially at the
frequencies we use. Happy to find out!
On 07/27/2017 03:05 PM, Tom Holmes wrote:
It would be interesting to check his out against a ‘famous name’ brand.
Tom Holmes, N8ZM
*From:*John Ackermann N8UR [mailto:jra@febo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:22 AM
To: Tom Holmes tholmes@woh.rr.com; Bob Mathews via mvus-list
mvus-list@febo.com
Cc: Joe gojoe55@gmail.com; Daun Yeagley daun@yeagley.net
Subject: Re: [mvus-list] MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
I have an SMA kit from Dave Kirkby.
On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:04 AM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list
<mvus-list@febo.com mailto:mvus-list@febo.com> wrote:
Daun...do you have a 3.5 mm cal kit? And maybe some filters to sweep for comparison to your 8753? If not, I have both I could bring.
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Joe <gojoe55@gmail.com <mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com>> wrote:
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
Thanks Daun.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Daun Yeagley <daun.yeagley@gmail.com <mailto:daun.yeagley@gmail.com>> wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at.I presume we could load the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it.So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB cable. Seehttp://pocketvna.com . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
<image001.png>
PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb 2017)
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) - magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us if you would like to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
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I’ll also bring the SMA calibration kit (short/open/50 ohm) that I got with the PocketVNA. It will be interesting to see how well they perform.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 27, 2017, at 3:22 PM, John Ackermann N8UR jra@febo.com wrote:
Yes, it would. But he does a pretty good job specifying the source for all the components, and includes a custom cal table done on his in-cal-by-HP VNA, so I suspect it's not too bad especially at the frequencies we use. Happy to find out!
On 07/27/2017 03:05 PM, Tom Holmes wrote:
It would be interesting to check his out against a ‘famous name’ brand.
Tom Holmes, N8ZM
*From:*John Ackermann N8UR [mailto:jra@febo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:22 AM
To: Tom Holmes tholmes@woh.rr.com; Bob Mathews via mvus-list mvus-list@febo.com
Cc: Joe gojoe55@gmail.com; Daun Yeagley daun@yeagley.net
Subject: Re: [mvus-list] MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
I have an SMA kit from Dave Kirkby.
On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:04 AM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com mailto:mvus-list@febo.com> wrote:
Daun...do you have a 3.5 mm cal kit? And maybe some filters to sweep for comparison to your 8753? If not, I have both I could bring.
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Joe <gojoe55@gmail.com mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
Thanks Daun.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Daun Yeagley <daun.yeagley@gmail.com mailto:daun.yeagley@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at.I presume we could load the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it.So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB cable. Seehttp://pocketvna.com . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
<image001.png>
PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb 2017)
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) - magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us if you would like to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
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The more, the better!
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:11 PM, Joe gojoe55@gmail.com wrote:
I’ll also bring the SMA calibration kit (short/open/50 ohm) that I got with the PocketVNA. It will be interesting to see how well they perform.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 27, 2017, at 3:22 PM, John Ackermann N8UR jra@febo.com wrote:
Yes, it would. But he does a pretty good job specifying the source for all the components, and includes a custom cal table done on his in-cal-by-HP VNA, so I suspect it's not too bad especially at the frequencies we use. Happy to find out!
On 07/27/2017 03:05 PM, Tom Holmes wrote:
It would be interesting to check his out against a ‘famous name’ brand.
Tom Holmes, N8ZM
*From:*John Ackermann N8UR [mailto:jra@febo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:22 AM
To: Tom Holmes tholmes@woh.rr.com; Bob Mathews via mvus-list mvus-list@febo.com
Cc: Joe gojoe55@gmail.com; Daun Yeagley daun@yeagley.net
Subject: Re: [mvus-list] MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
I have an SMA kit from Dave Kirkby.
On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:04 AM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com mailto:mvus-list@febo.com> wrote:
Daun...do you have a 3.5 mm cal kit? And maybe some filters to sweep for comparison to your 8753? If not, I have both I could bring.
From Tom Holmes, N8ZM
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:33 PM, Joe <gojoe55@gmail.com mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com> wrote:
I’ll plan on bringing the PocketVNA to the picnic. Loading the software on my iMac was real easy. I’ve printed out the online manual info also, and will bring that. It made tuning a yagi a simple task. It will be interesting to see how it compares in the GHz frequency range.
Thanks Daun.
Joe - WA8OGS
On Jul 26, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Daun Yeagley <daun.yeagley@gmail.com mailto:daun.yeagley@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it would be interesting to look at.I presume we could load the S/W on a Windoze laptop to run it.So by all means, bring it out.
Daun
Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB
From: Joe [mailto:gojoe55@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:13 PM
To: Tom Holmes; Daun Yeagley; Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List
Subject: MVUS Picnic - testing equipment
Daun, Tom, and all,
At the MVUS Saturday Aug 12 picnic, could a Vector Network Analyzer be checked to see how well it works?
It’s a PocketVNA, a small 2-port unit with sma connectors that I recently purchased for about $430 from Germany. It works with a USB cable. Seehttp://pocketvna.com . I use it with my desk iMac (don’t have a laptop for the software). The software does not require any drivers, and the program is on their website. I'm hoping to get this working on a Raspberry Pi with a small touch-screen for portable use.
Looking forward to the picnic.
Joe - WA8OGS
<image001.png>
PocketVNA Specifications: VNA hardware version 2.0 (Released Feb 2017)
2-port Vector Network Analyzer
Measure reflection and transmission coefficients (S11, S21) - magnitude and phase
Frequency range: 500 kHz to 4 GHz; Measurements outside this region might be possible but are not guaranteed. Contact us if you would like to measure in a particular frequency range.
Dynamic range (typically):
@350 MHz up to 70 dB (System dynamic range);
@4 GHz up to 40 dB (System dynamic range)
Output power -14 dBm at 100MHz
Impedance from 3 to 1000 Ohms
Measurement speed: about 10 ms per step plus communication (for example a 1001 points scan takes 12 seconds)
Number of steps: 1 to 10001
Frequency setting resolution: 1 Hz
Software features:
Available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
OSL calibration functionality
Time domain measurements (DTF)
Plot S-Parameter, Impedance, Phase, Resistance, Reactance, VSWR
Plot in Smith chart
Export in Excel, Touchstone
<image002.png>
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