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The LiteVNA is a vector network analyzer based on the NanoVNA and SAA2. I also have a NanoVNA V2 so I thought I'd do a quick comparison. Noise floor Unfortunately the noise floor is a little higher than I hoped. Maybe I received a defective VNA, but the seller declared it normal and only pointed me to the documentation stating the noise floor can be higher when connected to USB. The S21 dynamic range appears to be 50dB which is a little lower than the 70dB specification below 3GHz. The specification probably assumes some averaging but I was not able to get it above 60dB even at 10 times averaging and very slow sweep speeds. The S11 trace also jumps around much more than my NanoVNA and NanoVNA V2. For reference here is the noise floor of my NanoVNA V2(+4): With a little averaging I was able to get the NanoVNA V2   dynamic range  to the 90dB claimed on their website ( https://www.tindie.com/products/hcxqsgroup/nanovna-v2-plus4/ .) Software Most NanoVNA software do not work with the L