[Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread vintageaudio2004
I have a quick question for the group about the noise floor of a spectrum analyzer, hope that with the collective knowledge and experience somebody can help me out a bit. We have customer that needed a couple of site surveys done, in order to detect any possible interference sources on 3 segments

Re: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread DCFluX
Remember, the narrower the bandwidth on something the more sensitivty it can get. Theoretical sensitivty is -174dB, problem is that is at 1Hz of bandwidth. I would recommend slowing the sweep rate, narrowing the IF filter and taking smaller sweeps at a time. a 100kHz sweep with 10kHz per division

Re: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread Bob M.
As was previously posted, you need to slow down the sweep speed and/or narrow the resolution or video bandwidth, which may automatically slow down the sweep speed. The filtering is done digitally in most modern SAs, and this takes time, so the sweep is slowed down to accomodate this. You don't

RE: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread Don KA9QJG
Can Someone Please put the Spectrum Analyzer thread in Layman Terms I have a Motorola Serv Monitor R2001C With the Analyzer and a Icom R-7000 Communications Receiver with a AVCOM Spectrum Analyzer I Can see 10 Mhz at a Time and I know that itÂ’s nice to Find Signals. But I always thought

Re: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread Nate Duehr
On 4/24/07, Don KA9QJG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can Someone Please put the Spectrum Analyzer thread in Layman Terms I have a Motorola Serv Monitor R2001C With the Analyzer and a Icom R-7000 Communications Receiver with a AVCOM Spectrum Analyzer I Can see 10 Mhz at a Time and I know that

Re: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread Bob Dengler
At 4/24/2007 09:50 AM, you wrote: Could anybody clarify how one does lower the noise floor of the analyzer? It was my understanding that the noise floor is a intrinsic characteristic of the instrument itself, and is so to say a measurement limit that cannot be varied without external aids (or

RE: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread Bob Dengler
At 4/24/2007 11:31 AM, you wrote: Can Someone Please put the Spectrum Analyzer thread in Layman Terms I have a Motorola Serv Monitor R2001C With the Analyzer and a Icom R-7000 Communications Receiver with a AVCOM Spectrum Analyzer I Can see 10 Mhz at a Time and I know that it's nice to

RE: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer noise floor

2007-04-24 Thread Gary Schafer
tour on spectrum analyzers. 73 Gary K4FMX _ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don KA9QJG Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:31 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] quick question about spectrum analyzer