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Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: eurofox
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 01, 2013, 09:23:51 am
content: Hello,Anritsu MS610A Spectrum AnalyzerWhat do you think about this SA?Is it a valuable investment as a general SA?If not it will be a Rigoleurofox

author: Mr Simpleton
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 01, 2013, 10:01:07 am
content: All comes down to money... if the MS610A is >$400 it's easy, go RIGOL!Anritsu seems to be a very basic SA, not even phase locked. RBW starts at 1kHz. No way to save traces. Seems to be very basic marker function too.Come to think about it, not sure I would even spend 400 on this instrument.....I bet the Rigol is soo much more fun to use!

author: Electro Fan
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 01, 2013, 10:28:34 pm
content: Quote from: Mr Simpleton on October 01, 2013, 10:01:07 amI think Rigol makes very good products and offers excellent value, but what model Rigol spectrum analyzer can you get for anywhere near $400?

author: Mr Simpleton
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 01, 2013, 10:38:22 pm
content: What I'm trying to say is that the only reason for getting the Anritsu would be a rock-bottom price, or get the new $1200 Rigol.Performance wice the Rigol wins easy.

author: PA4TIM
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2013, 12:12:45 am
content: A friendof mine has a Hameg 3GHz SA with TG and compared that before buying with a Rigol. So he knows both. He said the Rigol was not bad but the Hameg was a whole class better.I have a Tek 2710 and 2712. They are 9kHz to 1800 MHz. I love them. Not as much noise as the Rigol 1,5GHz and the great thing about them is they are hybrids. You can use them analog and digital. Store 4 traces, waterfall and and several marker options.Two of my vna's have a SA function but that is rather low performance, noisefloor is -100dBm or I must be very patience and choose a very narrow filter then I can get 125 dBm . Build two SA's myself (0-500 MHz) and have owned several others (like a 1 GHz portable digital TekTek and an analog HP)When I'm alinging a transmitter or oscillato etc, I use it in analog mode because the speed. I wanty to peak a signal reakl time and not turn a bit, wait 2 seconds and then see I have turned to far.We should do a compare in a topic. Just show the same screenshots for every SA, for instance a -30dBm 100 MHz signal and then something like a 100 kHz, 10 kHz and 1 kHz resolution bandthwidth and also the most narrow RBW available that will show how low the noisefloor for several SA's is. The add data like sweeptime etc.

author: olsenn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2013, 12:52:24 am
content: QuoteGo big or go home!

author: Electro Fan
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2013, 01:47:05 am
content: Quote from: PA4TIM on October 02, 2013, 12:12:45 amThat would be cool.

author: Electro Fan
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2013, 01:48:49 am
content: Quote from: olsenn on October 02, 2013, 12:52:24 amRoger that, just didn't want to think I was missing a $400 solution to what looks like a $1295 or better type of investment.