Agilent / HP 8593A

These portable spectrum analyzers offer frequency accuracy and a wide range of options for applications that demand higher performance.  The HP 8591A has a frequency range of 9 kHz to 1.8 GHz and amplitude range of -115 to +30 dBm.  The HP 8593A has a frequency range of 9 kHz to 22 GHz or 26.5 GHz with option 026, an internal preselector, and an amplitude range of -114 to +30 dBm.  (For general export, the HP 8593A option 1BH does not tune above 18 GHz nor span greater than 2.3 GHz.)  Both instruments have standard 7.5 ppm frequency accuracy that can be improved with an optional precision frequency reference to marker count accuracy of ± 230 Hz at 1 GHz or ± 2.3 kHz at 18 GHz.

For easy installation of a growing variety of options, a cardcage for circuit cards has been designed in each performance portable spectrum analyzer.  All card options are retrofittable, so the options you need are always available.  Circuit-card options include:

• AM/FM demodulator speaker to let you view and hear the signal.
• TV sync trigger to let you select any line of the TV field for measurement.
• Fast time-domain sweep to allow zero-span sweep rates to 20 ms.
• Quasi-peak detector for EMC measurements.

Options Included

• 004 - Oven Timebase
• 021 - HP-IB Interface
• 026 - Extends upper frequency to 26.5 GHz