[sdiy] Poor man's EMC testing?

[cheater cheater]

Neil,
the question was not directed at you, so you had no reason to answer
it. If you want to mock people who are having an intelligent
scientific conversation I suggest you do so elsewhere, although I
can't think of one place that encourages your sort of behavior.

D.

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 14:43, Neil Johnson <neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> cheater cheater wrote:
>> What sort of difference in sensitivity and dynamic range are we
>> talking about? What are the minimum values you'd recommend?
>
> http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spectrum+analyzer+sensitivity
>
> In case your mouse is misfiring, some choice quotes:
>
> www.hameg.com: "Due to the superhet receiver principle, the logarithmic analysis and display of data, the spectrum analyser has a thousandfold higher sensitivity and a higher dynamic range (› 80dB) compared to an oscilloscope."
>
> www.tutorialsweb.com: "Normally, Oscilloscope can not measure very low voltage levels (say, -100dBm) and are intended for low frequency, high amplitude measurements. A spectrum analyzer can easily measure very low amplitudes (as low as -120dBm), and high frequencies (as high as 150GHz)."
>
> And so on...
>
> Neil
> --
> http://www.njohnson.co.uk
>
>