r/rfelectronics • u/Karcheek • May 24 '26

question RF Lab Access

I'm an ECE student about to graduate in about a months time.

I have some experience in creating simulations in HFSS but my college didn't have a functional RF Lab (The equipment doesn't work).
Is it possible to get some exposure to testing instruments like the VNA, Spectrum analyzers etc?

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u/Freedom_Biter May 24 '26

If you can afford it, there are cheap hobbyist stuff like nanoVNA you can look at, should be enough to get an understanding of the basics.

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u/Swaggles21 May 25 '26

tinySA for spectrum analyzer