On 3/23/16 10:38 AM, Ian Stirling wrote:
On 03/23/2016 01:23 AM, [email protected] wrote:
I have another question about test equipment. When using a spectrum
analyzer
to examine the output of a frequency standard, what are the minimum
specification needed? Bandwidth, resolution, sensitivity, etc?
Spectrum analysers are not precision frequency counters.
A few years ago I bought an HP 8568B "boat anchor" spectrum analyser
from the site. It is a wonderful instrument, over USA $30,000 when it
was in production until 1997. But it sits unused because my
http://signalhound.com USB-SA44B — 4.4 GHz Spectrum Analyser with
a laptop Windows 7 computer is so much more convenient.
The SA44B is effectively a superbly calibrated measuring receiver
with software that makes it a spectrum analyser.
Indeed, I have listened to NPR on 93.9 MHz on it.
I use a SA-44 a lot at work. There are some good and bad things about
the software (both the earlier version and the latest Spike software)..
but overall, for under a kilobuck, it's not a bad device.
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