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RF Detection and Identification of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are no longer just for military and hobbyists. According to the FAA, 369,528 commercial drones are registered in the United States as of 12/31/20231. As commercialized use cases for UAVs continue to expand, the need for aerial surveillance also increases. Of particular importance is protecting the safety of military …

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Keysight EXA Characterizes Our VSG25A Vector Signal Generator in a New Video from The Signal Path

In another outstanding, thorough review from Shahriar at The Signal Path, the Keysight EXA signal analyzer is put through the paces for just over an hour-and-a-half. And, well, call us biased, but we loved the part where he generated a signal for analysis with our VSG25A vector signal generator. Watch the video here: http://thesignalpath.com/blogs/2015/12/25/keysight-exa-signal-analyzer-spectrum-analyzer-review-teardown-experiments/, and …

Posted January 11, 2016

Antenna Measurement and Characterization with UAVs

Ken Taylor, managing director of Australia’s Silvertone Electronics, recently notified us of a customer of his who is doing some fascinating antenna measurement and characterization from the air. He’s doing what? Jason Schreiber is an RF Engineer at Innovative Drone Solutions, and he just released a short paper on using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, commonly …

Posted December 9, 2015

Why Our Software Updates Are Free, and Will Continue to Be Free

Signal Hound provides free software updates for our devices. This includes functionality and feature enhancements, not just stability updates. It’s a simple claim, yet we feel the statement is powerful in its implications. Now, we realize that we’re not the only company providing free software updates, and we know this isn’t a new concept. We …

Posted December 1, 2015

News Release: Signal Hound Introduces Frequency Mask Triggering to Detect Spectrum Interference

Signal Hound Introduces Frequency Mask Triggering to Detect Spectrum Interference Read the News Release (42k PDF)

Posted November 10, 2015

STEM Superhero: Michael Miller’s Study of RF Propagation from Mobile Phones

Michael Miller is a sophomore at Hershey High School in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the word “ambitious” doesn’t even begin to describe this energetic young student. In addition to being involved in the school’s cross country and track programs and a variety of leadership and educational clubs, Michael is also well-versed in the methods of scientific …

Posted November 9, 2015

Use Case: Phil Basile, RF Hardware Engineer

Recently, we contacted Phil Basile, president of HiQue RF Technology LLC. Phil is an avid participant in our Facebook group and has a long history of high-end RF hardware development for mission-critical applications. Knowing that Phil uses our gear in his RF research and development processes, we were interested to hear how he uses our …

Posted October 7, 2015

Our NPR Testing Article Featured on MPDigest

If you’re performing NPR testing, check out our article posted over at MPDigest.com. It give some details and lists the steps for testing NPR using our VSG25A vector signal generator and our BB60C real-time spectrum analyzer. Read the NPR Testing Article It’s a shorter article, but contains some great in-depth details on the process.

Posted September 10, 2015

HDSDR Software + Your Signal Hound = Software Radio!

We posted this Tweet about HDSDR a month or so ago: Well, we just delivered, and we are now providing the necessary files for interfacing the popular and free SDR software—HDSDR—for all of our receivers. This includes all SA and BB series analyzers. Combining the HDSDR software with your Signal Hound spectrum analyzer turns the …

Posted September 4, 2015

Update Your BB60C to Firmware Version 6

Say this three times fast… “Speed up your streaming switch with 6.” If you are the owner of a BB60C spectrum analyzer, we’re letting you know that we recently released a firmware update, Version 6, for the device that enables faster switching in and out of streaming modes. You can download and update your BB60C …

Posted August 25, 2015

ISO Calibration Services for Signal Hound Spectrum Analyzers

In some areas of work, you can get away with being “close enough.”  In fact, I believe it was my insightful 5th grade teacher, Mr. Watts, who taught me that “close only counts in horseshoes.”  So for those of you throwing horseshoes for a living, if you’re getting close, keep it up! However, if you’re …

Posted August 11, 2015
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