RF Wireless Survey

Spectrum Compact

SAF’s Spectrum Compact handheld RF analyser has multiple time and money saving capabilities to aid the installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of microwave networks. SAF’s team of engineers has directly assisted customers for over a decade, giving them a unique edge for designing Spectrum Compact. Special attention was paid to ensure the best user experience.

Spectrum Compact boasts a wide range of features requested by microwave field engineers and is a peerless tool suitable for microwave link planning, precise antenna alignment, and line-of-sight verification for link installation.

For engineers carrying out link troubleshooting, interference hunting and out-of-band interference investigation, Spectrum Compact offers a simplistic solution. This RF analyser can also be used for site acceptance testing, link maintenance, and radio parameter investigation.

Smart Grids & Utilities Communications

Modern utility services rely on radio communications more than ever. The strength and precision of communication networks are crucial. Operators in the field require a tool that’s powerful enough to detect even the weakest signals. Routine operations may include antenna alignment, line-of-sight verification, RF parameter verification, troubleshooting, interference detection and hunting, and signal strength mapping.

With SAF’s Spectrum Compact, save time and energy doing RF wireless surveyA wireless survey is a survey conducted to map the connectiv... More work and make tasks easier for field crews, whether it’s interference or RF signal availability awareness tests, RF channel availability verification and spectrum clearing, or indoor/outdoor signal strength coverage tests.

5G

For many years carriers have operated in frequencies ranging from 0.6 to 2.7GHz. To grow the new 5G mmWave networks, carriers and contractors will have to do lots of physical layer testing and evaluation of the frequency coverage on the ground.

In response, SAF developed a smartphone-sized 24-43GHz spectrum analyserA spectrum analyser measures the level of an input and outpu... More that includes all the features needed to carry out physical layer testing. SAF’s original concept was a design for tower work, so a lightweight, comfortable form factor was a key consideration.

The Spectrum Compact analyser works well in a range of conditions, including extreme temperatures and rain. It can record and retain hundreds of hours of data for post-processing analysis. Plus, the tool itself and accessories are much cheaper than alternative solutions.

Over the last 20 years, the satellite communications sector has changed significantly. The Smallsat (small spacecraft) and Cubesat (nanosatellites) revolutions continue to bring down infrastructure costs. The huge amounts of data being generated by smart devices in key industry sectors need reliable links to monitor and maintain critical infrastructure. As regards disaster-recovery, reliable communications is crucially important as communities need to be brought back online. These systems are often deployed in harsh and challenging environments, which adds to the difficulties.

SAF’s Spectrum Compact solution is the perfect solution for such situations, whether setting up, verifying, or troubleshooting remote terminals. The Spectrum Compact tool delivers the performance of much larger, more complex spectrum analysers, yet is packed into a rugged, smartphone-sized form factor.