What was good is even getting better !!
Currently there is a crowd-funding campaign running on Tindie.com to fund a new version of the popular NANOVNA.
The new version would go up to 3 GHz.
https://www.tindie.com/products/hcxqsgroup/nanovna-v2/?utm_source=hackad...
In a way Ham Radio has always been related fairly closely to science. Ham's are experimenting with radio waves so exept for the approach and the more formal organisation of the science world, Ham's are a kind of scientists by themselves.
But there's more as these two worlds don't live completely separated from each other. Many scientists are als Ham's but also some hams are doing research that is actually pretty close to the same work scientists are doing.
Recently I've learned about something calles "HAMSCI" short for "Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation".
I've learned about this vector analyser recently and its price and specs makes it really attractive for Ham Radio !
It is a vector network analyser from 50kHz-300MHz but via software upgrades can be expanded up to 900MHz.
So great for the HF bands, 2m and 70cm ham bands.
It's a 2 port analyser so you can use it for both antenna's and filters
And now the price... less than 50 Euro's !!
You can find all technical information about in here: http://nanovna.com/
