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As for which antenna is better, it's like girlfriends, the current one is always the best. In most, if not all antenna setups it has much more to do with the installation than the particular antenna itself.

Per Tom Rouch, W8JI This is the link to the 5/8th wave article we were all discussing. As I recall, the disputed statements in the article were: 1.) Gain of a 5/8th wave over a quarter waves is not 4dB. Without an infinite flat ground plane at antenna base height, like a sheet, a 5/8th...

Before my brand new NanoVNA-H4 broke off CH0 SMA terminal from the board I managed to get a SWR reading from the radio shack end of the coax for the fan dipole. 144 ------------- 1.1 148 -------------- 1.12 222 --------------- 1.59 225 ‐--------------- 1.64 420 ----------------- 1.11 450...

Neither is there a ton of traffic here, but a local repeater just went up, and one or two more are planned in the area. One of them is supposed to get us into a linked system for broader interstate comm. Just following the fun.

Actually, the radios do not replace a band with 11m, they are expanded to include 11m. I would get an expandable 10m radio.

I have ordered this test kit so as to use one of the SMA terminals as a replacement for the broken one on my VNA. I have a friend who may be able to restore it.

I suggest if anyone buys one they should add some silicone between the SMA connectors and the VNA body. Mine broke just trying to finger tighten the SMA nut onto the connector. The spacing is too close and the connector being unsupported by anything but surface mount type solder joints makes...

My NanoVNA-H4 experience has come to an abrupt end. The thing is too fragile. The least amount of pressure on the SMA connectors and they tear off the board. Now the terminal itself is broken and I lack the skillset to make a repair. Even if I had the skills one of 4 solder points on the...

You naughty boys...

:LOL::LOL: If an analyzer that covered 160m - 70cm didn't cost so much I would have gladly bought one instead of the nanovna. When the things cost as much as your radio and antenna system combined that's just too expensive.

I have at this point gotten it calibrated, set it to read SWR, and checked every antenna system I have from the shack. What I haven't figured out is whether it's possible to limit the display to showing info/traces for SWR, Resistance, and Reactance only, and how to do it.

Couple old dogs trying new tricks. They say it ain't no use...

I got a little bitty nanovna a while back and didn't like it. I fussed about it and gave it away to someone who uses it. Now, I'm trying again with a newer version 4" screen model. I may need help...

Needed a 220Mhz antenna. So I added it to my 2m/70cm fan dipole. Now it is a 144/220/440 vertical fan dipole. Working okay. Yes, it isn't a 17' tall high gain vertical. It does get me into local repeaters and local rag chews. I also bought the tri-band Btech UV25×4 mobile to use as the base...

LOL!!

It's according to which side of a good #2 you're on which is more important.

Waiting for conditions to get wide open to finalize my thoughts on ham radio, but so far it hasn't lived up to 11m for me. The nearest to it is actually VHF/UHF in terms of local radio fun. On HF folks seem so desperate for that DX contact, and dropping way too difficult to copy or remember...

Looks good. Unfortunately, no SSB.

Hopefully, you will share those two aspects you seen nowhere else.