Test Equipment Plus has released the Signal Hound BB60A, a real-time spectrum analyzer and RF recorder designed to capture and display RF events as short as 1µs. Small and lightweight, the BB60A operates from 9 kHz to 6 GHz and can be customized to perform complex, remote, and/or automated functions.
According to the company, the Signal Hound BB60A spectrum analyzer streams 80 million samples per second of RF data to a PC via USB 3.0, enabling real-time spectrum analysis of any 20 MHz segment of spectrum. Users are able to visualize spectral events as short as 1µs with 100% POI (probability of intercept) within a 20 MHz instantaneous bandwidth. A compiled API (Application Programming Interface) for writing custom software is included with the new spectrum analyzer.
“The proliferation of wireless devices has led to unsustainable growth in the way we use the RF spectrum. Interference problems occur with increasing regularity. Interference hunting and real time spectrum monitoring tools have become a necessity. The problem is finding a real-time spectrum analyzer that is adequate for the task and isn’t cost prohibitive. Also, adding RF recording capability to a traditional spectrum analyzer is avoided due to added cost. Advances in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, coupled with superb engineering, made it possible for us to offer the Signal Hound BB60A,” Bruce Devine, CEO of Test Equipment Plus, said.
