Radiated emissions testing
Radiated emissions testing
(OP)
I am looking into retrofitting one of our Agilent 4407 spectrum analyzers as an emi receiver for doing in-house precompliance testing for the MIL-469E RExxx tests. Does anyone know of a good, reasonably priced alternative receiver with all the specs needed to do measurements prior to shipping our systems to the certified labs? We enjoy visiting these labs about as much as going to the dentist.
Thanks,
Larry
Thanks,
Larry
RE: Radiated emissions testing
RE: Radiated emissions testing
I have NEVER found an antenna used on ebay that has its Calibration antenna factors! Good luck trying. You CAN find antennas on ebay that are uncalibrated, but they are pretty much worthless for any EMC precompliance testing. They are usually old and beat up/missing parts and manuals. A few dB difference in received power makes all the difference in the world, so it is probably worth it to get a new antenna, without any antenna element corrosion or damage, and a recent antenna factor chart. Otherwise you might be fooling yourself and wasting a $3000 visit to the test lab.
RE: Radiated emissions testing
http://www.ahsystems.com/
RE: Radiated emissions testing
This relates to freee field measurements. If you are doing "conducted emissions then you just need a LISN and a quasi-peak detector on your spectrum analyser.
RE: Radiated emissions testing
TTFN