Manufactured by SAF Tehnika, the versatile Spectrum Compact instrument is primarily aimed at field engineers dealing with commercial mobile-phone infrastructure, satellite communications links or military communications systems.
It is suited for the planning, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of microwave networks, and its receiver sensitivity of -105dBm enables weak signals to be detected and analysed. Typical applications include antenna alignment, interference detection, cross-polarisation adjustment and measurement of antenna gain.
The instrument incorporates a 50O SMA input, which can connect it to almost any antenna using standard waveguide flange adapters. There is also a mini USB port for recharging the polymer lithium-ion batteries and transferring saved spectrum scans to a PC for enhanced data analysis using the Spectrum Manager Software supplied with the unit.
Available in five different models covering frequency bands from 2 to 40GHz, Spectrum Compact has overall dimensions of 130 x 81 x 28mm and a maximum weight of 400g. It is suitable for operation in ambient temperatures ranging from -15 to 40°C.
