Anyone used the Thurlby spectrum analyzer?

[Joerg]

Hello Folks,

Does anyone have the 1.3GHz version of this Thurlby-Thandar spectrum
analyzer and would care to share experiences?

http://www.tti-test.com/psa/rf-spectrum-analyzer.htm

I am looking for something for EMC pre-compliance on the road. Not much
more than $1000 because it'll get banged around or might "disappear"
should security make me check it for flights. The AT6010/6011 looks
nice, too, but it's large and seems to lack a PC interface for
documentation purposes (2nd row of pictures):

http://madelltech.com/m1-7.html

I could not find independent reviews for any of them.

 

[Martin Griffith]

Hello Folks,

Does anyone have the 1.3GHz version of this Thurlby-Thandar spectrum
analyzer and would care to share experiences?

http://www.tti-test.com/psa/rf-spectrum-analyzer.htm

I am looking for something for EMC pre-compliance on the road. Not much
more than $1000 because it'll get banged around or might "disappear"
should security make me check it for flights. The AT6010/6011 looks
nice, too, but it's large and seems to lack a PC interface for
documentation purposes (2nd row of pictures):

http://madelltech.com/m1-7.html

I could not find independent reviews for any of them.

Can't you get one demo'd for you. I think Farnell still have demo
models available (in the uk anyway)


Martin

 

[Joerg]

Can't you get one demo'd for you. I think Farnell still have demo
models available (in the uk anyway)

Not here in the US. You can only order through Newark which then imports
the desired merchandise from Farnell-UK. I just did that for a new DSO
(which promptly came with an English power plug...). However, AFAIR it
said no-cancel, meaning you can't return it. Which was ok for the scope
because I knew exactly what I needed. Not so for this analyzer.

 

[Martin Griffith]

Not here in the US. You can only order through Newark which then imports
the desired merchandise from Farnell-UK. I just did that for a new DSO
(which promptly came with an English power plug...). However, AFAIR it
said no-cancel, meaning you can't return it. Which was ok for the scope
because I knew exactly what I needed. Not so for this analyzer.

I've heard a few complaints about farnell from this side of the pond,
about their rediculous charges on stuff from newark, sort of 15ukp for
per order.

Apparently the (she) boss at farnell thinks the customers should
directly pay for stuff to be shipped over, that is out of stock, think
it's a couple of containers a day. Some Scam, on stuff they were going
to ship over anyway

Now what was the name of that scrawny boss at HP?


Martin

 

[Joerg]

I've heard a few complaints about farnell from this side of the pond,
about their rediculous charges on stuff from newark, sort of 15ukp for
per order.

Apparently the (she) boss at farnell thinks the customers should
directly pay for stuff to be shipped over, that is out of stock, think
it's a couple of containers a day. Some Scam, on stuff they were going
to ship over anyway

Now what was the name of that scrawny boss at HP?

The other way around it worked fine. I don't remember (could look it up)
but the fee I had to pay for getting the fairly large and heavy scope
from Farnell-UK, through customs and into Newark was rather miniscule.
AFAIR they voided the intra-US shipping charges and even threw in
overnight air. From customs clearance to arrival here at the door it was
less than 36 hours. No idea how they pulled that off, blew me away.

 

[Martin Griffith]

The other way around it worked fine. I don't remember (could look it up)
but the fee I had to pay for getting the fairly large and heavy scope
from Farnell-UK, through customs and into Newark was rather miniscule.
AFAIR they voided the intra-US shipping charges and even threw in
overnight air. From customs clearance to arrival here at the door it was
less than 36 hours. No idea how they pulled that off, blew me away.

The farnell guys on the shop floor seem very good, despite the PHB's,
who are, after all, only temporary insectoid infestations


Martin

 

[**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**]

I was just reading this months IEEE EMC society newsletter. Ken Wyatt
(of Agilent) presented an EMC toolkit including this SA. You will find
a presentation of his techniques (and toolkit on page 18) at:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/emc/anno...C_Problems_with_EMC_Troubleshooting_Ver_5.pdf

Hello Folks,

Does anyone have the 1.3GHz version of this Thurlby-Thandar spectrum
analyzer and would care to share experiences?

http://www.tti-test.com/psa/rf-spectrum-analyzer.htm

I am looking for something for EMC pre-compliance on the road. Not
much more than $1000 because it'll get banged around or might
"disappear" should security make me check it for flights. The
AT6010/6011 looks nice, too, but it's large and seems to lack a PC
interface for documentation purposes (2nd row of pictures):

http://madelltech.com/m1-7.html

I could not find independent reviews for any of them.

--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P

 

[Joerg]

I was just reading this months IEEE EMC society newsletter. Ken Wyatt
(of Agilent) presented an EMC toolkit including this SA. You will find
a presentation of his techniques (and toolkit on page 18) at:

http://ewh.ieee.org/r6/lac/emc/anno...C_Problems_with_EMC_Troubleshooting_Ver_5.pdf

Interesting! I wonder how he got away with not using an Agilent analyzer
while at Agilent. I just emailed him via a form on his photography web site.

The other peculiarity is that his noise generator uses a step-recovery
diode (page 42). Wonder where he found those (EBay?).

 

[**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**]

I wondered as well about the non-Agilent SA. I don't think Agilent makes
a sub $1K SA. They do have some portable devices though. I have tested
the Rohde and Schwartz portable SA and it is quite a marvel, though pricey.

Interesting! I wonder how he got away with not using an Agilent
analyzer while at Agilent. I just emailed him via a form on his
photography web site.

The other peculiarity is that his noise generator uses a step-recovery
diode (page 42). Wonder where he found those (EBay?).

--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

"Follow The Money" ;-P

 

[Joerg]

I wondered as well about the non-Agilent SA. I don't think Agilent makes
a sub $1K SA. They do have some portable devices though. I have tested
the Rohde and Schwartz portable SA and it is quite a marvel, though pricey.

It's actually about $1.5k. Newark has it but the brand is Tenma, wonder
if it's the same (the picture says TTi). I've used one of those portable
Rohde&Schwarz last month. It was nice but had an old IrDA link. Luckily
there was a cable in its bag that translated to RS232. The bag was
actually a nice backpack, perfect for climbing masts and stuff.