Nano VNA Basics and Set Up

This is intended to get anyone going with a Nano VNA from the absolute basics to being able to turn it on anywhere and immediately read the SWR, resistance and reactance. Feel free to leave comments and suggestions!

[@tommh44]

The best tutorial I have seen. I hope you will do more. Soon! Thanks

[@henrycoleman4u]

Excellent! One of the best explanations on how to use the Nano. Please do another in more depth. Thanks

[@thomaskallmyr]

Fantastisk description😂

[@jankersten6212]

I'm new to radiotransmission but this was very clear explained 😊

[@Ezzell_]

My nano should arrive today....and this video has help me so much...thanks.

[@tonymon875]

Thank you. Good starter for the nanoVNA

[@VK4MUD]

Thankyou so much for this. Just what I needed. Can't wait for part 2.

[@richardward7525]

Thank you!!

[@Brattoncnc]

Great video! Thanks for your time in putting this together. Very informative for us noobs. First time I've seen someone else with a Tenma brand meter. Had mine for years and have good service from it.

[@AndyELK]

Nice explanation Adrian, well done

[@davewood4604]

Excellent, thanks for this. I use my NanoVNA a lot for antennas and radios. I am always a little frustrated by the setup process. I have now recalibrated and saved the setup so my display and calibration has a baseline when I switch it on. Meanwhile. I would love to see how to measure feeder length, then factor that into Antenna analysis. Basically I have 1 antenna very high on a mast, another antenna at the bottom of the garden. In particular the one at the bottom of the garden; its a bit tedious to go all the way down the garden for any testing.

[@peterbuxton7415]

Thank you for clearly explaining the order of many details that aren't intuitive from the menus. However, I'm still confused by the way the traces are saved to Save 0 after the Calibration was saved there earlier, and you said the calibration should be resaved if some parameters are changed in the setup. It seems as though Save 0 is a multi-section memory that can save each parameter separately from another at different times depending on the most recent menu parameter before saving.

[@ironhead320]

Nice

[@michaelmcghie]

Great ! It was so helpful for me. I am a step by step learner and you explained it in an excellent manner. 👍

[@keathrhymer5449]

SO my question is simple Im sure I did learn how to set it u for swr but when i turn it off and go back later i have to redo all the settings how can i save them so i do not have to do that every time ? I just got it it is NanoVNA-H4 latest version firmware

[@n1kkri]

If I wanted to buy a nanoVNA which one should I buy? I am a bit confused on who makes the one that will be best supported with updates and which one has the best hardware/firmware. What is a clone and what isn't a clone when it comes to open source programming. Thanks

[@ironhead320]

Can you measure resonance in coax

[@deankirby5966]

Question: Why do you need the patch cord to calibrate? Why not just screw the calibrators directly into the VNA's SMA connectors? Aren't they SMA female?

[@ironhead320]

My question how.do.you.set this up to tune or null coax

[@TheChrisDaly]

You do not need a Fem - Fem adaptor and you don't the lead; The Calibration 'studs' will go directly onto the terminal on the NanoVNA unit ??? Dare I ask, "Are you Blonde?" ... 😉

[@nats50]

I just want to know how to get the SWR using this. You started just fine, mentioning how most of us will be using this for the SWR only. Then you started to deviate, how the other settings and features are used stating it's for another video, but then you continued with your distractions. You lost me. I just want you to show how to calibrate this thing for starters, with the right and only one screen showing so we can now insert an antenna and get the readings? Geez, why is every video on this Nano makes you rant.s