Aeroflex Scout CS1104/Hunter CS1207/Explorer CS1247 broadband signal analyser range

Aeroflex has released a family of three low-cost broadband signal analysers that locate, record and analyse complex communications signals for commercial, military and aerospace applications.

Based on the company's broadband signal analyser family, the Scout, Hunter and Explorer comprise the new range.

The family consists of: a portable analyser, the Scout CS1104; and two rack-mountable instruments, the Hunter CS1207 and the Explorer CS1247.

Scout's RF coverage extends from 20 MHz to 3 GHz with 40 MHz instant bandwidth, 8 GB signal capture RAM and a 1 TB removable data storage.

The Hunter and Explorer are rack-mountable analysers. Hunter is for users who wish to search for a specific signal of interest and hone in on a narrower frequency range around that signal and analyse it.

Its RF coverage extends from 10 MHz to 6 GHz with 70 MHz instant bandwidth, a 32 GB signal capture RAM and 8 TB of removable data storage.

It is designed for applications that need greater RF bandwidth than Scout and adequate memory for longer signal recordings.

The Explorer combines Hunter's existing narrowband capability with additional wideband capability. It is designed to explore, record and analyse across a wide frequency range. Its coverage extends from 10 MHz to 6 GHz with operator-selectable 70 MHz or 400 MHz instant bandwidths, a 32 GB signal capture RAM, and 8 TB of removable data storage. Like Hunter, Explorer can zero in on a narrow spectrum range to record and analyse a specific signal.

Software and hardware modules are: BSA Basic software module - includes spectrum, spectogram and time software displays; BSA Modulation Domain software module - calculates and displays AM, FM and PM waveforms and their statistics; BSA Scanning Spectrum Analyster software module - emulates a traditional spectrum analyser to view any range of spectrum instantly; GPS hardware module option - provides positioning and time stamp for the collected data. This option is standard on Scout and can be ordered as an option for Hunter and Explorer.