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dr mongolia
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Re: [Equipment] Spectrum Analyzer Advice/Clarification?
Criminis,
Thanks for taking the time to post that and help point me in the right direction. I didn't realize how inaccurate the wifi analyzers were at detecting interference, and that is really a crucial part of the tool for us. We will just have to continue to use a laptop for the demodulation.
Yeah, it's definitely a significant investment. Really *anything* we buy right now would be an upgrade, as right now we have nothing and the troubleshooting process is terrible. However, my chief concern is that I don't want to get a unit so cheap that it is misleading in its analysis.
The HP 8565A looks great, especially at that price. This would help tremendously in the office. However, we'd still need a truly portable unit.
The R&S would work perfectly for both purposes. I guess really it comes down to whether or not we can find a portable unit that will work well enough for the field that, when added to the cost of the HP 8565A or similar, costs less than the cost of the R&S. It looks like we could get a used
At +/- 3db I'm a bit skeptical of the Spectran, but the option to easily upgrade to newer models (without finding a different buyer etc) does make it a little bit better of a deal. | |
dr mongolia
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| Sorry, the end of the second-to-last paragraph cut deleted some how, should have been: It looks like we could get a used R&S FSH6 for about 9-10K. That's not the .26 model, just the normal one. We really don't need the tracking features, especially for the extra cost, and I can't imagine us ever needing them. | |
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