Radio Tester Solution Checks HD Broadcasts

Jan. 8, 2009

Agilent Technologies has developed an HD Radio measurement application for its 100-kHz-to-3-GHz N9340B handheld spectrum analyzer, allowing for low-cost testing of HD broadcast signals. Ideal for technicians and test engineers, the application provides one-button automatic tuning and channel list functions and supports NRSC-5 spectral emission limit masks. Designed to test broadcast AM and FM signals, the new measurement application software supports analog, digital and hybrid spectral emission limit masks for measuring radio signal emissions, including four AM signal standards and three FM signal standards . For additional limit mask requirements, users simply edit/create masks directly on the N9340B or with the PC software tool, and can also convert mask files from an Agilent ESA Series spectrum analyzer to the N9340B format.

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.