Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor

2016-02-23 Thread Ed Price
long way in 40 years. Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: Ken Javor [mailto:ken.ja...@emccompliance.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 5:13 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor I agree. A modern machine adjusts the raw data or

Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor

2016-02-23 Thread Ed Price
elegant mathematical description of this effect. Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: McDiarmid, Ralph [mailto:ralph.mcdiar...@schneider-electric.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:43 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor I

Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor

2016-02-23 Thread alfred1520list
I am just now gotten very interest on this subject. I think you mention a key factor: antenna factor. The SA noise floor unit is dBm. After you have added the antenna factor the unit is dBuV/m. Everything else being perfect, zero loss, 0 dBi antenna gain across frequency, etc., the antanna

Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor

2016-02-23 Thread Brent DeWitt
mid, Ralph [mailto:ralph.mcdiar...@schneider-electric.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 7:43 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor I would like to explain to a colleague why the noise floor on a SA does not look flat as it sweeps across a given frequ

Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Javor
ic.com" <ralph.mcdiar...@schneider-electric.com> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:42:47 -0800 To: <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Subject: Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor I would like to explain to a colleague why the noise floor on a SA does not look flat as it sweeps across a given

Re: [PSES] Spectrum analyzer and noise floor

2016-02-23 Thread McDiarmid, Ralph
I would like to explain to a colleague why the noise floor on a SA does not look flat as it sweeps across a given frequency range after antenna factors, cable factors, external gain and external attenuation are programmed into its display function. I think it breaks down to these fundamental