There is a new software program for the SSA3000X's called EasySpectrum. I have used it briefly on several occasions and it has some nice features. EasySpectrum has 3 basic modes of operations:
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2) An EMI program for pre-compliance testing that mimics much more expensive EMI receivers used at certification labs. It also significantly speeds up these typically slow measurements - when using the quasi-peak detector - by jumping to a zero span mode when a peak response is reached during a scan. I have seen it speed up a quasi-peak detector-based EMI measurement from hours down to a few minutes.
There is a new software program for the SSA3000X's called EasySpectrum. I have used it briefly on several occasions and it has some nice features. EasySpectrum has 3 basic modes of operations:
[...snip...]
2) An EMI program for pre-compliance testing that mimics much more expensive EMI receivers used at certification labs. It also significantly speeds up these typically slow measurements - when using the quasi-peak detector - by jumping to a zero span mode when a peak response is reached during a scan. I have seen it speed up a quasi-peak detector-based EMI measurement from hours down to a few minutes.I assume this requires the EMI measurement option on the SA?
Can the SA do quasi-peak measurements without the EMI option?
Can the internal preamp operate using a high-impedance input (e.g. 1M, 10M) mode with field probes or will such probes require an external LNA with 50ohm source impedance?
Any news on the updated TG?
For guys who may interested in.
1?updated my newly bought SSA3021X to the latest FW 07.05 for twice ?seems some problem with Siglent Startup screen for the first time, so tried again),all work good.
2) The date was wrong after updating, so I changed the date and restart the machine,
3) Then, a, what I got as below photo, 3.2 G and all options opened,,,it saves me thousand of bucks if it valid forever!
is it a bug from Siglent new firmware?? don't exactly know why. Two steps if you wanna to try:
a. update for twice;
b. time modify. And as I think back, I may have enter a wrong date. But how does it possible the system finally display 1970-01-01?
I was hoping it was Shahriar. He does the best SA reviews by far.
I was hoping it was Shahriar. He does the best SA reviews by far.That probably depends on how you define your target group.
I have seen a few of his videos, and they are extremely long and complex in the sense that he expects
that you already are an expert user on spectrum analyzers.
The educational approach from Dave Jones and Jack Gansle are much better in my opinion.
Last thing that you want is a long video, that gets so technical up to the level that the video becomes
boring, while at the same time you don't really learn any new things in it. What's the point of such videos? Can anyone tell me please?
Dave Jones has this big red "FAIL" button on the shelf behind his desk, which makes this "big fail" sound when you press it. That's the very same button which I like to press now at this very moment of writing.
I was hoping it was Shahriar. He does the best SA reviews by far.
That probably depends on how you define your target group.
I have seen a few of his videos, and they are extremely long and complex in the sense that he expects
that you already are an expert user on spectrum analyzers.
In most of his videos there is some "test filter that I had lying around". This is okey for one video,
but why use this approach over and over in every single video you make? Gets boring!
Moreover I have never seen him write some formulas on a blackboard, to explain some basic
concepts (e.g. Resolution BandWidth versus sweep time), like other people do,
such as Dave Jones and Jack Gansle.
When is the new TG version going to be released and how to ID them?
I like Shariar's videos, in fact he's the only reviewer who's videos I watch regularly and completely, and the reason is that his videos are at a level of experienced professionals.
Aren't the results of classical tests part of the specification of a spectrum analyser?
And are relatively low cost spectrum analysers targeted at serious use beyond measuring some simple filters, antenna matching and EMC pre-compliance checking?
I have seen a few of his videos, and they are extremely long and complex in the sense that he expects
that you already are an expert user on spectrum analyzers.
Like I said, I suspect that Shahriar's videos are tailored towards the advanced student/hobbyist. They definitely are not aimed at a professional RF engineer for example. There's too many classic/basic tests missing.