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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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An education in the Athens of America – Signal Hound’s experience at (and getting to) IMS 2018

The International Microwave Symposium is always fun, and it was no different in Philadelphia this year. Getting to the show, however, was a different story.

EMC Precompliance with a Real Time Spectrum Analyzer Part 3 — Affordable EMC Precompliance Testing Options

EMC compliance testing is a required process in today’s electronics development environment, but it’s not always a welcome addition to the development budget. This article briefly highlights a few potential options for affordable RF emissions testing.

News Release: Signal Hound Introduces SCPI Compatibility for Automation of their RF Spectrum Analyzers

Read the press release announcing SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) functionality for Signal Hound RF spectrum analyzers

VITA 49 functionality is now in the SM200A spectrum analyzer API

VITA 49 functionality is now a part of our SM200A 20 GHz spectrum analyzer’s API. Learn more about it in this post.

News Release: Signal Hound Introduces VITA 49 Functionality in the SM200A Spectrum Analyzer API

Read the press release for the new VITA 49 functionality in our SM200A API.

News Release: Signal Hound Debuts SM200A 20-GHz High-Performance Spectrum Analyzer

Read the press release for our SM200A 20 GHZ spectrum analyzer.

Looking ahead in 2018: New Signal Hound products, and a move to our new facility

2018 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for Signal Hound. Between new products and a new office space/manufacturing facility, there’s lots in store!

Adventures in hardware development: the case of our “missing” 20 GHz spectrum analyzer, the SM200A

Editor’s note— This is a rather high-level article explaining the major setbacks in the launch of our SM200A 20 GHz spectrum analyzer. In addition to being transparent about the delay, we hope to offer some valuable technical information for those planning or troubleshooting their own electronics manufacturing processes. We’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do Okay,

Microwaves & RF Video Interview with Bruce Devine at IMS 2017

Microwaves & RF stopped by our booth at IMS last week and shot a quick video of Bruce talking about our new SM200A spectrum analyzer. We’re big fans of Microwaves & RF… their ability to cover news quickly and comprehensively is very appreciated in the tech industry!

IMS Day 3 – Wrapping It All Up

I knew it would be a bit different today when I saw folks with IMS badges headed towards the beach with flip flops on instead of the conference center. Granted, the show floor was still really busy, but people definitely had the island vibe on the mind just as much as they did work. This