A lot to be said for modern technology - even if it's Chinese!

[Cursitor Doom]

The Chinese have certainly come on quality-wise from the crap they
used to churn out a couple of decades ago. I didn't expect much at all
from these two items I got off Ebay; less than 100 bux the pair, they
were. However, credit where it's due, they've worked wonders for the
paltry sum of money they want in return.
This photo shows a TinySA in RF generator mode outputting a claimed
-23dbm and some other Chinese gadget - an RF power meter - agreeing
with it to within 0.1dbm. Not only that, but both test as in spec with
my HP RF power meter. Not only *that* either, but they both go down to
-60dbm and agree all the way whereast the HP bottoms out at -30. And
the Chinks have done all that without recourse to the very expensive,
heavy and bulky thermistor head the HP unit requires. Respect is due,
here, I'd say. (we should still nuke 'em over Corona virus, but that's
another matter).

https://disk.yandex.com/i/CVMa6sDNc2X1Nw

[Arie de Muijnck]

Post by Cursitor Doom
The Chinese have certainly come on quality-wise from the crap they
used to churn out a couple of decades ago. I didn't expect much at all
from these two items I got off Ebay; less than 100 bux the pair, they
were. However, credit where it's due, they've worked wonders for the
paltry sum of money they want in return.
This photo shows a TinySA in RF generator mode outputting a claimed
-23dbm and some other Chinese gadget - an RF power meter - agreeing
with it to within 0.1dbm. Not only that, but both test as in spec with
my HP RF power meter. Not only *that* either, but they both go down to
-60dbm and agree all the way whereast the HP bottoms out at -30. And
the Chinks have done all that without recourse to the very expensive,
heavy and bulky thermistor head the HP unit requires. Respect is due,
here, I'd say. (we should still nuke 'em over Corona virus, but that's
another matter).
https://disk.yandex.com/i/CVMa6sDNc2X1Nw

The TinySA and TinySA Utra designs are not Chinese but Dutch, see https://tinysa.org/wiki/pmwiki.php
It is produced (and sold) in China by Zeenko, see https://tinysa.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Buying
The rest of the offers on Ali or Amazon are mostly clones that do not meet the spec and will fail FW upgrades (aka chinese crap).

Arie

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 11:44:46 +0200, Arie de Muijnck

Post by Arie de Muijnck

Post by Cursitor Doom
The Chinese have certainly come on quality-wise from the crap they
used to churn out a couple of decades ago. I didn't expect much at all
from these two items I got off Ebay; less than 100 bux the pair, they
were. However, credit where it's due, they've worked wonders for the
paltry sum of money they want in return.
This photo shows a TinySA in RF generator mode outputting a claimed
-23dbm and some other Chinese gadget - an RF power meter - agreeing
with it to within 0.1dbm. Not only that, but both test as in spec with
my HP RF power meter. Not only *that* either, but they both go down to
-60dbm and agree all the way whereast the HP bottoms out at -30. And
the Chinks have done all that without recourse to the very expensive,
heavy and bulky thermistor head the HP unit requires. Respect is due,
here, I'd say. (we should still nuke 'em over Corona virus, but that's
another matter).
https://disk.yandex.com/i/CVMa6sDNc2X1Nw

The TinySA and TinySA Utra designs are not Chinese but Dutch, see https://tinysa.org/wiki/pmwiki.php
It is produced (and sold) in China by Zeenko, see https://tinysa.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Buying
The rest of the offers on Ali or Amazon are mostly clones that do not meet the spec and will fail FW upgrades (aka chinese crap).
Arie

Most of the cheap Chinese gear has US or european chips inside. I
don't understand how they get them so cheap.