Derek,
The PMM receiver was one of the receivers we got a demo of. The salesmen wasn’t able to get it to scan very fast and it only has a USB interface, so we are concerned we might not be able to get it to do what we want. However, we are on the list to get a PMM to try out for a week or so sometime within the next few months, so we hoping to put it through its passes at that time. We really like the PMM at high frequencies because it has no cable losses. This is a huge benefit. If you find out anything more, let me know. Thanks, Brian ________________________________ From: Derek Walton [mailto:lfresea...@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:07 AM To: Kunde, Brian Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Receiver Recommendations Hi Brian, I still use the 8566B+ pre-selector and QP adapter. It's hard to move away >from that instrument. However, I am looking at new instruments, and quite frankly in my opinion, the PMM receiver is better instrument than the R&S for the EMI lab. Until I get my hands on one, I can't vouch for the transfer rates: but it's high on my list of things to do. Right now the limit is 6 GHz, but I'm told 18 GHz is being worked on. The nice thing is that capability can be added later. Cheers, Derek. On 3/30/2010 8:03 AM, Kunde, Brian wrote: We are looking to replace our old HP 8546A receiver and looking for any recommendations. We use this receiver to run semi-automated Radiated Emissions scans in a 10 meter semi-anechoic chamber up to 6Ghz. We also will use this for Line Conducted scans. Our biggest concern with a replacement receiver is when we are performing a Peak Scan we have to match up sweep data from the receiver with the turntable position. Currently with the turntable moving, we sweep the receiver, download the data into a computer, then read the turntable position and keep track of the position of the highest signal at each frequency. We have to be able to do this very fast to get data at small turntable angle intervals. Currently we can download sweeps faster than 1 per second. We have looked at a few of the new digital and time-domain receivers but they seem to be way to slow at scanning and downloading data to a computer. They seem to take too much time thinking before displaying their data. This type of receiver won’t work in place of our current receiver and method of testing unless there is a way to speed them up. For those of you who do similar type of scans with your receiver, what recommendations do you have? If we have to change our test method to accommodate the newer receivers, what test method do you recommend? Please note that the new receivers we have seen were demo units operated by salesmen who were not able to get them to operate fast enough for our current need. We might be able to speed the receiver up by reducing the number of data points per sweep. One receiver we looked at only had a USB port interface and I don’t think that will be fast enough to transfer data in real time to our computer. I’m hoping there will be at least a few out there in IEEE land who can pass on some recommendations. We would like to find a good quality accurate receiver that will do what we need it to do and at a reasonable price. Does such exist? Thank you in advance. The Other Brian _________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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