Comment on NanoVNA vs. Loop antenna SWR testing [Question]

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fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

i’ll add that in a way SWR chart is more resistant to misuse, because if nanovna is calibrated with wrong length of 50 ohm feedline, or without feedline at all, then smith chart will be rotated by angle depending on difference in length of that feedline, while SWR chart should look the same. for example, if real part of impedance at resonance is too low (ex. 20 ohm), and feedline is quarter wavelength different from what nanovna was calibrated with, then impedance will be still real but too high (ex. 125 ohm), while SWR chart should look the same (1:2.5 SWR minimum) (barring losses in feedline). (this works the same way as quarterwave long feedline impedance matching scheme). for different feedline length differences (non-multiple quarterwave) impedance will be complex at antenna resonance. this problem is avoided by calibrating nanovna with feedline

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