Hi Don, SO pleased to meet you.
As you start your TinySA journey of discovery, please keep our totally new users in mind. Please let us know if you find a helpful YouTube video, website, or other resource! Thank you! 73 Dan KJ5IZK On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM Donald Loocke via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Enjoyed the Stir Crazy Net today. I am new member(last Fall/new Ham (Last > Fall) with a General rating and very much in the learning mode. > Just working to get equipment and setup a mobile radio and home station. > Been playing a bit as time allows on a zBitx radio /FT8 at home and deep > diving on Youtube. > Along with a few HT's, I have a new Radioddity DB50-B VHF/UHF/APRS radio > for the truck to install and have APRS working between the HT and it. I > made a copper pipe J-Pole for this and it works well at the house for now. > Have a EFHW antenna for the zBitx just run in the house for now until I > find a good location for the HF setup. I also have a HF-009 for POTA and > backyard HF work but time and weather has slowed that. > A new ic7300mk2 is waiting for the house. Much to learn there. Trying to > make up for the time I missed in Amature Radio....;-) > > I like the discussion today on tools (hardware and software) as I am > looking at all of those. Anderson Powerpoles are nice. Used them years ago > in our lab for DC power connections but have been adding them to my battery > boxes and cables. > The nanoVNA is neat. I have used very expensive ones testing 1,000 ft > rolls of custom complex cables before and these are amazing for the $$ > paid. I did get a tinySA, but have not had a lot of time to use it yet. I > have a old heavy HP SA that is an older 80db analyzer that I have spent *much > *quality time with. So I am looking forward to using this guy. > > Since I am still working at our stores most days, I cannot get on but I do > try to listen when I can. The Discord link is good and I have been using > the Group.io sites for several feeds for nanoVNA, tinySG, and other topics. > > Any way, I have to get to our Kilwins store, so will say 73's > > Don - KJ5MVN >
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