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IT News<p>Homemade VNA Delivers High-Frequency Performance on a Budget - With vector network analyzers, the commercial offerings seem to come in two flavor... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/16/homemade-vna-delivers-high-frequency-performance-on-a-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/16/homema</span><span class="invisible">de-vna-delivers-high-frequency-performance-on-a-budget/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vectornetworkanalyzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectornetworkanalyzer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/testequipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testequipment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/adc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rf</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Making Sure Your Patch Cables Are Ready for RF Work - How do you know that your patch cables are good? For simple jumper wires, a multim... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/08/making-sure-your-patch-cables-are-ready-for-rf-work/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/08/making</span><span class="invisible">-sure-your-patch-cables-are-ready-for-rf-work/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>-domainreflectometry <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiofrequency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiofrequency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/patchcable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patchcable</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/coaxial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coaxial</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tdr</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rf</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Antenna Measurement in Theory and Practice - If you want to analyze an antenna, you can use simulation software or you can buil... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/06/antenna-measurement-in-theory-and-practice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/06/antenn</span><span class="invisible">a-measurement-in-theory-and-practice/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/antenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antenna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/4nec2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4nec2</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nec</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
IT News<p>VNAs and Crystals - Oscillators may use crystals as precise tuned circuits. If you have a vector netwo... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/12/06/vnas-and-crystals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/12/06/vnas-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-crystals/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/oscillator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oscillator</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/crystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crystal</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/parts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parts</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A Lesson in RF Design Thanks to This Homebrew LNA - If you’re planning on working satellites or doing any sort of RF work where the si... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/11/04/a-lesson-in-rf-design-thanks-to-this-homebrew-lna/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/11/04/a-less</span><span class="invisible">on-in-rf-design-thanks-to-this-homebrew-lna/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lownoiseamplifier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lownoiseamplifier</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/noisefigure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noisefigure</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bandpass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandpass</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biastee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biastee</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pga</span></a>-103 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lrpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lrpt</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Understand Your Tools: Finger Exercises - A dip meter is basically a coil of wire that, when you excite it, you can use to t... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/04/06/understand-your-tools-finger-exercises/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/04/06/unders</span><span class="invisible">tand-your-tools-finger-exercises/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/oscilloscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oscilloscope</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dipmeter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dipmeter</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rants</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
IT News<p>A NanoVNA as a Dip Meter - A staple of the radio amateur’s arsenal of test equipment in previous decades was ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-nanovna-as-a-dip-meter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/04/03/a-nano</span><span class="invisible">vna-as-a-dip-meter/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/griddiposcillator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>griddiposcillator</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
thebaldgeek<p>People are still asking me about making and selling the 7 turn helix. I'm undecided.<br>This one is off Alibaba. Full details on my site (and here) once I get some <a href="https://airwaves.social/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a>, <a href="https://airwaves.social/tags/VNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VNA</span></a> <a href="https://airwaves.social/tags/Inmarsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inmarsat</span></a> time with it. Main difference is the 3D is 0.5 spacing, this is 1.0. I'm worried about hi gain.</p>
Bosco<p>The internal reference from the VNA differs. Therefore my measurement of the crystal is not entirely correct and is always slightly off. I have to correct that first. <br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hp5334a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hp5334a</span></a></p>
Bosco<p>Resonance measurement of a quartz crystal with a vector network analyzer. Use the S21 with MAG and phase. The crystal is resonant at 14,313 MHz. </p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/rohdeschwarz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rohdeschwarz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/zvre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zvre</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hp</span></a></p>
Bosco<p>I have recently calibrated the R&amp;S ZVRE. I now check the results with a PBF for ADSB 1090 MHz. <br>Very good results. 😁</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/rohdeschwarz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rohdeschwarz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hp</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vectornetworkanalyzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectornetworkanalyzer</span></a></p>
Bosco<p>Evening relaxation on the Rohde &amp; Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer ZVRE 50. </p><p>Who has experience with firmware upgrades on the ZVRE? </p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/zvre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zvre</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Vector Network Analyzer Demo and Teardown - [Kerry Wong], ever interested in trying out and tearing down electrical devices, d... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/10/18/vector-network-analyzer-demo-and-teardown/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/10/18/vector</span><span class="invisible">-network-analyzer-demo-and-teardown/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vectornetworkanalyzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectornetworkanalyzer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/toolhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toolhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/teardown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teardown</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
IT News<p>The Dipole Antenna Isn’t as Simple as it Appears - Dipole antennas are easy, right? Just follow the formula, cut two pieces of wire, ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/08/16/the-dipole-antenna-isnt-as-simple-as-it-appears/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/08/16/the-di</span><span class="invisible">pole-antenna-isnt-as-simple-as-it-appears/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/radiohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wavelength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wavelength</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bandwidth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandwidth</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/frequency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frequency</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/impedance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impedance</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/resistive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reactive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/antenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antenna</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dipole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dipole</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vna</span></a></p>
blue_led<p>Does anyone have open-source layouts for 2-port series and shunt component test PCBs using SMA connectors? Plus points if it's made for one of the JLCPCB stackups.<br>Something like the SV1AFN VNA test PCBs but as an open-source design that I can tweak a bit for different components. Also the SV1AFN design is shunt only.<br><a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/VectorNetworkAnalyser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VectorNetworkAnalyser</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/VNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VNA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/RadioFrequency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFrequency</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/RF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RF</span></a></p>