The FieldFox RF analyzer from Agilent Technologies now offers an interference analyzer option as well as new spectrum-analyzer features. According to Agilent, the FieldFox’s 1.5-update/s speed is the world’s fastest in the 20-MHz span and 3-kHz resolution bandwidth. The company also says the device offers the best dynamic range in the spectrum analyzer mode, 96 dB, and the fastest sweep times for interference detection with resolution bandwidths under 30 kHz.

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The interference analyzer option includes quick, easy detection and monitoring of intermittent interference signals in the field using the spectrogram and waterfall display. Also, the company says the FieldFox is the world’s first RF handheld spectrum analyzer for uplink and downlink time-division duplex (TDD) signals, such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX, as well as TD-SCDMA.

Additionally, the FieldFox’s one-button measurements offer the industry’s first LTE suite of power measurements, including channel power, adjacent-channel power ratio (ACPR), and occupied bandwidth (OBW), the company says. The analyzer also can play AM/FM audio via a speaker or headset, which is useful in identifying and demodulating modulated signals. 

The FieldFox integrates six key interference and modulation measurements with test times that are more than 50% faster than traditional testers, Agilent says. These key measurements include cable and antenna test; spectrum, interference, and vector network analysis; true average power measurements; and a vector voltmeter. With its QuickCal capability, users can calibrate it without a kit immediately at the test port following power-up.

The N9912A FieldFox handheld RF analyzer starts at $7600. The interference analyzer, Option 236, costs $1600.

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The FieldFox RF analyzer from Agilent Technologies now offers an interference analyzer option as well as new spectrum-analyzer features, including a 1.5-update/s speed in the 20-MHz span and 3-kHz resolution bandwidth.