There was a time when the measure of a transmitting radio antenna was having it light an incandescent bulb. A step up was a classic SWR/Power meter that showed you forward and reflected power. Over ...

Covering a frequency range of 690 MHz to 2700 MHz, the Kaelus iVA portable cable and antenna analyzer enables users to accurately determine VSWR and return loss, as well as the location of VSWR/return ...

Antennas are a popular topic among radio enthusiasts. The Rigol Spectrum Analyzer VB1020 option and utility kit are good tools to help improve antenna design and characterization. This combination ...

No doubt one of the most revolutionary tools for the RF side of broadcasting was the advent of the network analyzer. Prior to its invention, measuring the response of an antenna system was more or ...

September 12, 2014. Bird Technologies, a provider of RF components, subsystems, test equipment, and services, has introduced the compact SiteHawk SK-4000-TC antenna and cable analyzer. The instrument ...

Optimized for cable and antenna measurements, the handheld ZVH Series analyzer’s measurement wizard enables users to easily set up test parameters and execute all measurements with the touch of a ...

[Mathieu Stephan] has something new in the works, and while he isn’t ready to take the wraps off of it yet, he was kind enough to document his experience putting the mysterious new gadget through its ...

Back in the 1960s, when I started working in radio broadcast engineering, an oscilloscope was my “eye” on what was happening with equipment. That tool served me well and is still in daily use in my ...

Such versatile tools have been quite expensive. Even a basic analyzer from Copper Mountain Technologies, one of the most popular brands of VNA, costs well over $2,500 and that’s before adding a ...