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Ham Radio Workbench Podcast


This podcast is your bi-weekly deep dive on making, DIY, electronics, and technical topics of interest to the ham radio operator. Join your hosts George KJ6VU and Jeremy KF7IJZ as they discuss current developments in ham radio while introducing listeners to a plethora of topics and skills such as test equipment, 3D Printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and more.

Jun 19, 2018

Ham Radio Workbench Spectrum Analyzers

Jason Chonko from Siglent America is joined by Nick KN6NK to give an in-depth intorudction to spectrum analyzers.  We talk about the specs, features, and engineering that make up this handy piece of frequency-domain test equipment.  We also explore several common spectrum analyzer uses such as filter and cavity tuning as well as radio purity evaluation.

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Siglent America - https://www.siglentamerica.com/

Siglent SSA3000X Series Spectrum Analyzers - https://www.siglentamerica.com/spectrum-analyzers/

EEVBlog Interview with Eric Qin Founder and CEO of Siglent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9M397sUkEA

Spectrum Analyzer Do’s and Don’ts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P-R0C9ro0

Sweeping an Antenna for Return Loss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X50qybdiLuk

LXI Tools https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools

SSA3021X/SSA3032X reviews:

EEVBlog review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkLciTsjGZg  teardown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fr_otW0q4

Block diagram in teardown at 27:05 https://youtu.be/-8fr_otW0q4?t=27m5s

The Signal Path http://thesignalpath.com/blogs/2017/09/20/siglent-ssa3032x-9khz-3-2ghz-spectrum-analyzer-tg-review-teardown-experiment/