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Cable and Antenna Analyzer
Wireless market competition requires operators to reduce per site maintenance expense. The Anritsu Site Master's Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) techniques break away from the traditional fix-after-failure maintenance process by finding small, hard to identify problems before major failures occur.
Sixty to eighty percent of a typical cell site's problems are caused by problematic cables, connectors and antennas. When cables or antennas are contaminated with moisture, damaged, or mispositioned during storms, the Anritsu Site Master identifies the problem quickly. Antenna degradation reduces the cell coverage pattern and can cause dropped calls. Site Master can pinpoint the antenna problem from ground level in a few seconds making climbing the antenna tower unnecessary.
A poorly installed weather seal will corrode connectors and, if undetected, will eventually damage an expensive coaxial cable. The Anritsu Site Master has the sensitivity to identify the connector problem before the cable is damaged. Distance-To-Fault provides the clearest indication of troubled areas.
Features
- Cable and Antenna Analyzer - Characterize antenna system and pinpoint location of faults
- Standard TFT Color Display - Display is viewable in direct sunlight
- Power Monitor - Performs accurate broadband power measurements using an external detector
- Power Meter - Performs accurate power measurements up to 3 GHz without the need of an external detector
- GPS Receiver - Provides location (latitude, longitude, altitude) and UTC time information
- Spectrum Analyzer - Easily locate, identify and record various signals with high accuracy
- AM/FM Demodulator - Built-in demodulator for AM, narrow band FM, wide band FM, and SSB allows technician to listen to and identify interfering signals
- Built-in Bias Tee - No need to use external power to bias an amplifier
- Transmission Measurement - Identify and locate interfering signals that cause dropped calls and coverage problems. Intermittent problems can be identified using spectrograms
- Interference Analyzer - Identify and locate interfering signals that cause dropped calls and coverage problems. Intermittent problems can be identified using spectrograms
- Channel Scanner - Measure frequency, bandwidth and power of multiple transmitted signals
- CW Signal Generator - CW source to test low noise amplifiers
Specifications
| Frequency Range |
25 MHz to 4.0 GHz |
| Frequency Accuracy |
≤±75 ppm @ +25°C |
| Frequency Resolution |
100 kHz |
| Output Power |
<0 dBm (-10 dBm nominal) |
| Immunity to Interfering Signals |
On-channel: |
+17 dBm |
| On-frequency: |
-5 dBm |
| Measurement Speed |
≤3.5 msec / data point (CW ON) |
| Number of Data Points |
130, 259, 517 |
| Return Loss |
Range: |
0.00 to 60.00 dB |
| Resolution: |
0.01 dB |
| VSWR |
Range: |
1.00 to 65.00 |
| Resolution: |
0.01 |
| Cable Loss |
Range: |
0.00 to 30.00 dB |
| Resolution: |
0.01 dB |
| Measurement Accuracy |
>42 dB corrected directivity after calibration |
| Distance-to-Fault |
| Vertical Range |
Return Loss: |
0.00 to 60.00 dB |
| VSWR |
1.00 to 65.00 |
| Horizontal Range |
0 to (# of data pts -1) x 0 to (# of data pts -1)x |
| Resolution to a maximum of 1197m (3929 ft), # of data pts = 130, 259 or 517 |
| Horizontal Resolution (Rectangular Windowing) |
Resolution (meter) = (1.5 x 108) x (Vp)/DF Where Vp is the cable's relative propagation velocity and where DF is the stop frequency minus the start frequency (in Hz) |
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