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Nanovna 3ghz10/30/2023 ![]() ![]() In my last job I had to wait for some BIG problems (certification failed) to make them buy a signal analyser, and even at this point it was after WEEKS of arguing. And everyone think you just want a new toy (even in the R&D team). More than 1500$ ? Or 5000$ ? You're gonna argue, "Why now?", "Can we do without?". This is why the 500$-1000$ range is so important : it's a no brainer for small company, even if it's one time of use week per year. And if you want to check what you're actually transmitting ? You need a SA. But what if you want to check your RF path between 100MHz - 2400GHz ? You "need" a VNA. Today, a lot of designer copy older design, and say "it should be okay". But there is still the 500$ - 1500$, and the question is, why ? This range is useful to a lot of tiny company that design IoT or consumer-range product. And we should remember to be happy with that "low-end" if you compare to 10 years ago Siglent and Rigol understand that, and full the 1500$ - 5000$ range (more than 3000$ if you don't hack), deserted by high-end company doing high-end stuff. Today, there is a huge gap between high-end and low-end VNA. about who need it who dont? i dont want to debate, HAM/RC community alone is there bigger than this forum, you dont find them here, you can only see them playing with their drones in youtubes and some unknown chaps also doing reviews on NanoVNA V2 there. if they wait for more people in waitlist, i think they will also lose some people during the time. not wanting to take risk in production cost is a lame excuse for me, Kickstarter is there, bank of PRC is there far better than wallstreet or our bank or whatever i think. and since there is no update as to what is going on in the RnD progress today, we'll start to doubt it. or maybe wait for their 2nd or 3rd revision. if i buy librevna now, i might not be the early birdie anymore, i'll wait more and more reviews first to justify for another 6GHz VNA when V3 is released. ![]() so judging from waitlist count is a bit irrational imho. you cant guarantee all the people in the waitlist will eventually make the purchase when the product is released for sale. and me is at least a one person that is at risk of walking away. I've mentioned one alternative above, libreVNA. ![]()
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