Boonton, a Wireless Telecom Group Company, has released a new 9103 handheld spectrum analyzer operating at frequencies up to 7.5 GHz. The instrument supports many microwave applications, featuring the typical measurements of standard desktop spectrum analyzers such as channel power, occupied bandwidth and adjacent channel power ratio. Additional measurements such as tracking generator based cable measurements (distance to fault, VSWR), and RMS detector, radiation emission and RF pollution are optionally available, stated Boonton.

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According to the manufacturer, it meets outdoor requirements of technicians to read the display even at bright daylight. With a frequency range of 100 kHz to 7.5 GHz, applications covered with the handheld spectrum analyzer include aviation signals, directional radio, very small aperture terminal (VSAT), and signals in the 5 GHz unlicensed band, such as wireless LAN (WLAN) and WiMAX. RFID signals are best analyzed in the zero-span mode provided by the spectrum analyzer, the manufacturer said.