<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">How to use a Spectrum Analyzer</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Spectrum analysers are one of the most important test instruments for the RF designer. Rather than displaying amplitude against time as with the case of the oscilloscope, these test instruments display amplitude against frequency giving a plot of the signals.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Looking at the control panel of a spectrum analyzer, there are very many different controls to use and this may appear daunting to some. <br style="box-sizing:border-box">Analogue spectrum analyzers often had controls that needed to be used in conjunction with each other. Fortunately, today, the digitally based spectrum analyzers are processor controlled and these controls are linked to provide the optimum selection, making the use of spectrum analyzers much easier. They also have a variety of pre-installed routines that can make some tests very much easier.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Find out all about how to use a spectrum analyzer - including a video showing the use of the  various controls and their use on this test instrument: <a href="https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/test-methods/spectrum-analyzer/how-to-use-spectrum-analyzer-operation.php" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/test-methods/spectrum-analyzer/how-to-use-spectrum-analyzer-operation.php</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Ian Poole  G3YWX <br style="box-sizing:border-box"></strong></em>Editor: Electronics Notes<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.electronics-notes.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.electronics-notes.com</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>