[hpsdr] Hermes VNA software with Anan-100D

[AA8K73 GMail]

Thank you Joe and Abhi.  Feeling that my Mercury/Penelope HPSDR 
is orphaned, I'm thinking about spending the big money to get an 
Anan-100D.

73,
Mike - AA8K


On 04/24/2013 02:16 PM, Abhi A wrote:
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> Hi Mike,
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> Thanks for the clarifications Joe,
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> Apologies for the late reply, it has been a little crazy at my end,
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> The ANAN-100D provides direct Rx1 out via the "RX BYPASS" Connector, both receivers are grounded during Tx to prevent ADC overload, however, one can use the
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> "disable ANAN PA" checkbox to prevent this from happening, The XVTR Tx provides Tx out at 0-8dBm levels, so yes the ANAN-100D can be used with Phil's
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> VNA software,
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> Hi Mike,
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> I haven't seen a response to your question so I'll say something.  Fundamentally, the Angelia hardware and the current (v1.6) firmware for Angelia are perfectly compatible with the VNA program and it should work with the Angelia board just as it does with Hermes, as far as the Angelia board itself is concerned.
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> BUT, looking at the back panel of the ANAN-100D in the Apache Labs photo of the unit and the schematic , I don't see that the Angelia board has routings for both the Tx and Rx1 from the Angelia board to connectors on the back panel of the ANAN-100D enclosure so it is possible that VNA might not be able to work "out of the box" as it is configured from the Apache Labs facility.  Therefore, you should direct your question directly to Abhi, I think, in case I'm wrong about the cabling/switching options in their ANAN-100D unit.
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> If you have no qualms about opening your unit and providing direct output/input connections to/from the Angelia board Tx and Rx1, yes certainly, VNA will work.  There is nothing fundamentally missing in the Angelia hardware or firmware.  The only question is whether or not the internal cabling/switching within ANAN-100D allows access to the Tx and Rx1 connectors on Angelia to permit operation as a VNA.
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> Hope that info helps you a little bit.
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> 73,  Joe K5SO
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> ;  On Apr 21, 2013, at 8:09 AM, AA8K73 GMail wrote:
> Does the Hermes VNA software run on the Apache Labs Anan-100
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