IFR's Portable 2399 Spectrum Analyzer Automates Tests; Provides Excellent Price/Performance
IFR Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:IFRS) today announced the 2399 portable spectrum analyzer, aimed at a wide range of applications including mobile communication service workshops, base station installation, repair and maintenance plus broadcast TV and education. The 2399 covers a frequency range from 9 kHz to 2.9 GHz and includes features designed to make it extremely user friendly. New features include semi-automated measurement capabilities, a fast processor, large memory capacity and a color display.
Semi-automated routines include measurements for adjacent channel power, channel power, occupied bandwidth, harmonic distortion and X dB down. For example, with the harmonic distortion routine, the operator can set the Fundamental, press a single button and the 2399 will make the appropriate measurements, displaying the results in a table that lists frequency and level of each harmonic plus total harmonic distortion of the measured signal. "The 2399 is powerful enough for many engineering applications, easy enough to be used for field service applications and so cost-effective that it will be highly appropriate for education," said Roy Kennedy, product manager, spectrum analyzers, IFR.
The 2399 spectrum analyzer offers users a large color TFT LCD display with a 640 x 480 pixel active display area that is clear, bright and sharp even in high ambient light conditions. The unit weighs less than 21 lbs. (9.4 kg), making it one of the lightest spectrum analyzers on the market today.
The 2399 has a fast processor and large memory capable of storing up to 1,000 screen traces and 2,000 operational states. Improvements in the processor speed, memory capacity and operating system not only make the 2399 very powerful, but also give IFR the ability to create new options for the instrument in response to market needs. A range of options will be announced over the quarter.
The spectrum analyzer's 50-ohm input can accept signals between +30 dBm and –110 dBm while providing protection up to 50 Vdc. It also has outstanding phase noise characteristics specified at -90 dBc/Hz at a 10 kHz offset.
The 2399's comprehensive marker system allows as many as nine markers to be displayed at any one time together with a marker table showing the frequency and level of each marker selected. This feature allows multiple signals to be evaluated simultaneously. In addition to Normal Markers, the 2399 provides Delta Markers, Peak Search, Peak Track, 1/Delta, Marker Track, Marker to Center and Marker to Reference capabilities. Interfaces for IEEE-488, RS-232C, printers and active probes are also built into the standard spectrum analyzer thereby widening its appeal.
Summary of 2399 Spectrum Analyzer Features:
- 9 kHz to 2.9 GHz fully synthesized frequency range
- 300 Hz minimum resolution bandwidth
- Lightweight, portable and rugged construction at 9.4 kg
- Excellent TFT LCD color display
- Comprehensive marker facility
- Wide input signal range +30 dBm to -110 dBm
- Optional full range tracking generator
- GPIB interface (standard)
- Low phase noise
- Floppy disk drive
- Extremely user friendly interface reduces risk of operator error
- Auto Tune facility
- Automated measurement functions
- Price and Availability
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