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HRWB053-Spectrum Analyzers

2018/6/19
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Ham Radio Workbench Podcast

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Jason Chonko from Siglent America is joined by Nick KN6NK to give an in-depth intorudction to spectrum analyzers.  We talk about the specs, features, and engineering that make up this handy piece of frequency-domain test equipment.  We also explore several common spectrum analyzer uses such as filter and cavity tuning as well as radio purity evaluation.

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Siglent America - https://www.siglentamerica.com/)

Siglent SSA3000X Series Spectrum Analyzers - https://www.siglentamerica.com/spectrum-analyzers/)

EEVBlog Interview with Eric Qin Founder and CEO of Siglent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9M397sUkEA)

Spectrum Analyzer Do’s and Don’ts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P-R0C9ro0)

Sweeping an Antenna for Return Loss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X50qybdiLuk)

LXI Tools https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools)

SSA3021X/SSA3032X reviews:

EEVBlog review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLciTsjGZg)  teardown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fr_otW0q4)

Block diagram in teardown at 27:05 https://youtu.be/-8fr_otW0q4?t=27m5s)

The Signal Path http://thesignalpath.com/blogs/2017/09/20/siglent-ssa3032x-9khz-3-2ghz-spectrum-analyzer-tg-review-teardown-experiment/)