Earlier this year (2020) the FCC unveiled its new logo, illustrated in the lower photo. The previous logo is shown above it. The new seal was the winner in an agency-wide contest among commission employees and contractors. The FCC said the logo reflects a number of preferred concepts. The four stars on the outer seal…
Month: September 2020
More nanoVNA Punishment
The nanoVNA is a mighty fine instrument considering you can buy one for less than $100. But like many instrumentation items, you have to know how to use it. In this blog post we will look at the illusion of error due to a failure to consider scaling. Consider the example illustrated in the first…
The nanoVNA Can Fool You
This blog post will hilight one of the nanoVNA’s most infamous display shortcomings. How do you tell when you have a trace selected? The nanoVNA is truly God’s gift to amateur radio…if you know how to use it. But the nanoVNA’s big calling card (a magnificently low price, just $40) is indirectly it’s big liability….