HP spectrum analyser for 9kHz to 1.5GHz attacks price barrier

摘要

To what degree can modem technology reduce the price of a high quality spectrum analyser, and what is the price-performance trade-off that provides the optimum market opportunity and benefits of scale? With their new HP ESA-L1500A, priced at £4,855, shown in figure 1, Hewlett-Packard believe they have got an instrument that can take advantage of a market opportunity for general purpose spectrum analysers that exists in the £3,000 to £6,000 range.