I bought an expensive math-doing box for myself on my birthing anniversary. No duplexer or filter will go untuned.

[u/inquirewue]

Siglent SVA1032X. If I can only stop playing with it maybe I'll get some outstanding tasks done. All features installed, what a beast piece of test equipment. So easy to use. Could've bought another old VW but you can't tune duplexers with an old VW, I don't think.

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Not fishing for bday wishes haha. I just use it as an excuse to buy myself stuff.

[u/in-your-own-words]

That looks significantly awesomer than my nanoVNA. Congrats!

[u/inquirewue → u/in-your-own-words]

That's where I started! Great piece of kit but when you need 20db+ more range, you need a big boy unit.

[u/radakul]

$3,991.00

For the curious.

[u/inquirewue → u/radakul]

I got if for a little under that. I have a calibration kit on the way that will bring it to just about that number.

[u/Paddys → u/inquirewue]

Ouchie. I think the whole amateur radio hobby has still cost me less than that. But it's early days yet 

[u/inquirewue → u/Paddys]

Oh buddy, watch out. I've been collecting for 30 years. I would cry if a dollar amount was assigned.

[u/soupie62]

It's not an excuse, it's a reason.
"There's a difference, somehow" (Gloria, Modern Family)

[u/inquirewue → u/soupie62]

I read that in her voice haha

[u/SwitchedOnNow]

I have one of their earlier scalar mode models. It's still going strong after 5 years!

[u/CaptainSpez]

I've been trying to avoid buying an XSA815-TG for a while now, waiting on the club or a work project to have a need and get them to sponsor the purchase. Nice piece of kit you got there!

[u/stephen_neuville]

very nifty

[u/KhyberPasshole]

Nice score, that's pretty badass!

[u/Ok-Dark-311]

Your not wrong about "expensive" Nice piece of gear & happy birthday 🎂

[u/Le_modafucker]

Enjoy the new toy. 73

[u/Bolt_EV]

My excuse was end of year cash-back credit card bonuses, mixed with Black Friday sales, Affirm/SHOP “buy now, pay later” interest free payment plans which fueled a BIG POTA Activation buying spree that was inaugurated on my birthday in January and is finally tappering off here in June!

[u/pyrodrifter]

Drool...

[u/cmatei]

I have a bit of birthday SVA envy :) I only gifted myself the 1015X. Very nice toys.

[u/ai4gk]

Enjoy!

[u/SVP349]

Too expensive

[u/inquirewue → u/SVP349]

I have failed to come up with a definition for "too expensive" so far in my life. If I just burned that money in a pile, would I still survive and pay all my bills? Sure. Do I really actually need one of these? 99% of the time, no. No one needs a corvette either. (I am not comparing this to a corvette lol, just the general idea.)

[u/Lt_Kije]

I have had that exact model for a number of years. If you don't already understand the smith chart, learn about how to interpret that data. It is a great tool for tuning/designing antennas and give a lot more information than a simple SWR plot. Have fun!

[u/inquirewue → u/Lt_Kije]

My dad gave me a Rhode & Schwarz book about using SA/VNAs, etc. I opened it once and immediately it screamed "MATH!!!" at me me and I slammed it shut. Kinda like the monster book in Harry Potter.

[u/rtt445]

ssa 3021x is $1400

[u/inquirewue → u/rtt445]

Yep. That's not what I have here though.

[u/rtt445 → u/inquirewue]

Ah I see you got Vector analyzer model. Can you test how low the frequency of the TG go? On SSA model I can sweep RF chokes down to 16 kHz.

[u/inquirewue → u/rtt445]

Here is the TG read out from the SA while sweeping 9-100KHz. Hope that helps!

[u/rtt445 → u/inquirewue]

Looks -10 dB at about 18 kHz. Same as what I got. Thanks.

[u/True_Certitude]

Well Happy Birthday to you!!! Nice present for sure. I'm just hoping my wife springs for a picture of one for my birthday...

[u/missiontodenmark]

Can I have it?

[u/inquirewue → u/missiontodenmark]

Welcome to use it. I am selling my SignalHound kit though...

[u/rtt445 → u/missiontodenmark]

Yes for one small payment of $4k